134 F. Supp. 2d 1286 - Brown v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
2001
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12131 (§ 201 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Califano v. Sanders · Steffel v. Thompson
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Any person who is impaired by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, physical or mental infirmities accompanying advanced age, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, or other cause (except minority) to the extent of lacking sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate responsible decisions.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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