Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. Stem

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that once a judgment has been obtained, a party who “turn[s] back to its old ways ... might well be subject to contempt proceedings”
• reasoning plaintiff won only “the right to have the status quo preserved, so that had it prevailed on the merits, its victory would have meaning”
• “[A] party is entitled to attorneys’ fees only if it could obtain a court order to enforce the merits of some portion of the claim it made in its suit.”
• “Unlike the injunction in Sole, the preliminary injunction here was not undone by a final decision on the merits. It is thus in the area explicitly left open by Sole.” (citation omitted)
• “[A] party is entitled to attorneys’ fees [as a prevailing party] only if it could obtain a court order to enforce the merits of some portion of the claim it made in its suit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Xlear, Inc. v. Focus Nutrition, LLC
  Tenth Circuit· 2018-06-26· cited 59×
• National Amusements Inc. v. Borough of Palmyra
  Third Circuit· 2013-05-09· cited 40×
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Engida
  Tenth Circuit· 2010-07-09· cited 33×
• Al-Maleki v. Holder
  Tenth Circuit· 2009-03-18· cited 27×
• Kansas Judicial Watch v. Stout
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-08-09· cited 26×
• Iqbal v. Holder
  Tenth Circuit· 2012-08-21· cited 9×
• Walker v. CALUMET CITY, ILL.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-05-15· cited 9×
• Native Ecosystems Council v. Weldon
  D. Montana· 2013-02-04· cited 4×
• Ayanna Walker v. Calumet City, Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-05-15
• Xlear v. Focus Nutrition
  Tenth Circuit· 2018-06-26

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 3,075×
• Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-28· cited 1,755×
• Hewitt v. Helms
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 973×
• Sole v. Wyner
  Supreme Court· 2007-06-04· cited 211×
• Dahlem ex rel. Dahlem v. Board of Education of Denver Public Schools
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-04-23· cited 97×