Weaver v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis
984 F.2d 11 · 1993
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 89 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 136 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Ross-Simons of Warwick, Inc. v. Baccarat, Inc. (1996), New Comm Wireless Services, Inc. v. SprintCom, Inc. (2002)
22 federal appellate · 89 district · 2 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 Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Kelley v. Johnson · National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Idaho · Kelly v. United States · Egger v. Phillips
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 136 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“sine qua non of [the preliminary injunction standard] is whether the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“have not persuaded us that the lower court overlooked pertinent factors, focused on inappropriate factors, or made a serious error in weighing and balancing the relevant concerns.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the ordinary course, plaintiffs who are unable to convince the trial court that they will probably succeed on the merits will not obtain injunctive relief.”
1 later decision 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.