State v. Pendleton’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1994
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lemon v. Kurtzman · Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · Wallace v. Jaffree · Bowen v. Kendrick · Mueller v. Allen
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.
“that policemen commissioned under the Chapter shall possess all the powers of municipal and county police to make arrests for felonies and misdemeanors and to charge for infractions on property owned or controlled by their employers. N.C.Gen.Stat. § 74A-2(b). The authority of policemen who are employed by any college or university extends to the public roads passing through or immediately adjoining the property of the employer. N.C.Gen.Stat. § 74A-2(e)(1). In addition, the authority of such college or university policemen may be extended by agreement between the employer institution's board of trustees and the governing board of the municipality or county in which the institution is located. N.C.Gen.Stat. § 74A-2(e)(2) and (3).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Pendleton“Any educational institution ... whether State or private, ... may apply to the Attorney General to commission such persons as the institution ... may designate to act as policemen for it. The Attorney General upon such application may appoint such persons or so many of them as he may deem proper to be such policemen, and shall issue to the persons so appointed a commission to act as such policemen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Pendleton“Chapter 74A has a secular legislative purpose, its primary effect is neither to advance nor to inhibit religion, it does not foster an excessive entanglement with religion and it is not an unconstitutional delegation of the State's law enforcement authority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Pendleton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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