Muhammad v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 state decisions

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' "An argument not made on appeal is abandoned or waived.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. D.I. v. I.G. · Young v. Corrigan

2. ““A party establishes standing to bring a challenge under the Commerce Clause when it demonstrates the existence of (1) an actual, concrete and particularized ‘injury in fact’ — ‘an invasion of a legally protected interest’; (2) a ‘causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of; and (3) a likelihood that the injury will be ‘redressed by a favorable decision.’ Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61 , 112 S.Ct. 2130 , 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992). A party must also demonstrate that ‘he is a proper party to invoke judicial resolution of the dispute and the exercise of the court’s remedial powers.’ Warth [v. Seldin], 422 U.S. [490] at 518, 95 S.Ct. 2197 [ (1975) ].””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 8 So. 3d 950 - Surtees v. VFJ Ventures, Inc.

3. “'To say that a person has standing is to say that that person is the proper party to bring the action. To be a proper party, the person must have a real, tangible legal interest in the subject matter of the lawsuit.' Doremus v. Business Council of Alabama Workers' Comp. Self-Insurers Fund , 686 So.2d 252 , 253 (Ala.1996). 'Standing ... turns on "whether the party has been injured in fact and whether the injury is to a legally protected right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. E. Cent. Baldwin Cnty. Water v. Town of Summerdale (Ex parte Town of Summerdale)