Ajala v. West’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on Procunier v. Martinez · Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg · Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson Director Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction · Beard v. Banks · Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution, as defined in section 1997 of this title, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person: (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Wall
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.