Freeman v. Arpaio’s Empirical Analysis
125 F.3d 732 · 1997
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 17 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 218 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably Kay v. Bemis (2007), Shakur v. Schriro (2008)
22 federal appellate · 17 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Bell v. Wolfish · Turner v. Safley · Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith · Cruz v. Beto
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 218 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may not weigh the evidence or make credibility determinations,”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In order to show a free exercise violation using the “substantial burden” test, the religious adherent ... has the obligation to prove that a governmental [action] burdens the adherent’s practice of his or her religion ... by preventing him or her from engaging in conduct or having a religious experience which the faith mandates. This interference must be more than an inconvenience; the burden must be substantial and an interference with a tenet or belief that is central to religious doctrine. [Citations omitted.] [Emphasis added.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.