Armstrong v. Mazurek’s Empirical Analysis
94 F.3d 566 · 1996
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2012
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Singleton v. Wulff · Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey · Miller v. Johnson · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League · Sports Form, Inc. v. United Press International Inc.
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the movant has shown either a likelihood of success on the merits and the possibility of irreparable injury, or that serious questions are raised and the balance of hardships tips sharply in the movant's favor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Legislative purpose to accomplish a constitutionally forbidden result may be found when that purpose was 'the predominant factor motivating the legislature's decision.' Such a forbidden purpose may be gleaned both from the structure of the legislation and from examination of the process that led to its enactment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jane v. Bangerter“Casey, 505 U.S. at 901 , 112 S.Ct. at 2832-33 . While the Supreme Court has not elaborated on the means of determining legislative purpose under the Casey standard, it has done so in other contexts. Legislative purpose to accomplish a constitutionally forbidden result may be found when that purpose was”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Armstrong v. Mazurek
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.