Direx Israel, Ltd. v. Breakthrough Medical Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
952 F.2d 802 · 1991
Citation profile
61 federal appellate · 27 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 266 later decisions — most recently September 2025 · most notably Lone Star Steakhouse Saloon Incorporated v. Alpha of Virginia Incorporated (1995), Mary Elizabeth Leary v. Stephen W. Daeschner, Superintendent of the Jefferson County Board of Education (2000)
61 federal appellate · 27 district · 6 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 Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Addington v. Texas · Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Sampson v. Murray · Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo
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 266 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the likelihood of irreparable harm to the plaintiff if the preliminary injunction is denied, (2) the likelihood of harm to the defendant if the requested relief is granted, (3) the likelihood that the plaintiff will succeed on the merits, and (4) the public interest.”
46 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the balance ‘tips decidedly’ in favor of the plaintiff, a preliminary injunction will be granted if ‘the plaintiff has raised questions going to the merits so serious, substantial, difficult and doubtful, as to make them fair ground for litigation and thus for more deliberate investigation.’ As the balance tips away from the plaintiff, a stronger showing on the merits is required.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“neither remote nor speculative, but actual and imminent.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.