460 U.S. 1 (1983) Cited 11,899 times 47 Legal Analyses
Holding stay order appealable under § 1291 where it put the litigant "effectively out of court," and "surrender[ed] jurisdiction of a federal suit to a state court"
387 U.S. 136 (1967) Cited 5,284 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiffs subject to a regulation had standing to challenge it even though the Attorney General had yet to "authorize criminal and seizure actions for violations of the statute"
480 U.S. 531 (1987) Cited 2,084 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a District Court did not err in declining to issue an injunction to bar exploratory drilling on Alaskan public lands, because the district court's decision "did not undermine" the policy of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3120, and because the Secretary of the Interior had other means of meaningfully complying with the statute
365 U.S. 265 (1961) Cited 1,001 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding a dismissal for failure to file an affidavit of good cause would be "without prejudice" under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) because it was not decided on the merits and referring to the rule as "jurisdictional"
Holding that district courts are not required to conduct evidentiary hearings prior to issuing relief in civil cases when "there are no disputed factual issues regarding the matter of relief