Ethredge v. Hail’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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

1. “[a] case is moot when it no longer presents a live controversy with respect to which the court can give meaningful relief.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aaron Private Clinic Mgmt. LLC v. Berry · Nabil Soliman v. United States of America, on Behalf of Ins

2. “When a case becomes moot after the district court enters its judgment but before this court has issued a decision, we are divested of jurisdiction and must dismiss the appeal and vacate the underlying judgment.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, B v. Four Seasons Hotels (Barbados), Four Seasons Hotels Limited, Four Seasons Caracas, C.A. v. Consorcio Barr S.A., Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, B v. Four Seasons Hotels Limited, Four Seasons Caracas, C.A. v. Consorcio Barr S.A. · Dow Jones & Co. v. Kaye

3. “[B]y its terms the motion for preliminary injunction seeks relief solely as to Eth-redge’s anti-Bush stickers. But former-President Bush is no longer in office. Consequently, the administrative order no longer forbids Ethredge’s anti-Bush stickers. It does not appear that Ethredge is being precluded from displaying his anti-Bush stickers notwithstanding the order’s inapplicability to them. Thus, no live controversy remains with respect to Eth-redge’s request for preliminary injunctive relief.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ethredge v. Hail