Hoffman v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
September 1997
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 248 (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994) · 18 U.S.C. § 659 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Grayned v. City of Rockford
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]o person shall obstruct or block another person's access to or egress from a health care facility ... in a manner that deprives or delays the person from obtaining or providing health care services”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hoffman v. Hunt · Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina, and D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department United States of America, American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Counsel Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated National Abortion Federation, Amici Curiae. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. United States of America, and James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Abortion Federation National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Council, Amici Curiae. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. United States of America, and James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Abortion Federation National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Council, Amici Curiae“creates a reasonable apprehension of bodily harm ... it reaches beyond the restriction of fighting words[and] imminent threats of lawless action that is permitted by the First Amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina, and D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department United States of America, American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Counsel Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated National Abortion Federation, Amici Curiae. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. United States of America, and James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Abortion Federation National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Council, Amici Curiae. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. United States of America, and James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Abortion Federation National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Council, Amici Curiae · Hoffman“creates a 'reasonable apprehension of bodily harm to him- or herself or another'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina, and D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department United States of America, American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Counsel Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated National Abortion Federation, Amici Curiae. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. United States of America, and James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Abortion Federation National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Council, Amici Curiae. Sharon Hoffman Trudie Matthews Diane Hoefling Ronnie Wallace, Reverend John Bradley, Reverend v. United States of America, and James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor State of North Carolina D.R. Stone Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Incorporated American Medical Women's Association Feminist Majority Foundation Medical Students for Choice National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League National Abortion Federation National Center for Pro Choice Majority National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women National Women's Law Center South Carolina National Organization for Women Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union Planned Parenthood of the Triad, Incorporated Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains, Incorporated United States Justice Foundation North Carolina Family Policy Council Focus on the Family Family Research Council, Amici Curiae · Hoffman
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.