Lassiter v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
June 1959
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Guinn v. United States · Government & Civic Employees Organizing Committee v. Windsor · Williams v. State of Mississippi · Myers v. Anderson · McLaurin v. Mississippi
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Before we take any action with respect to the Act of March 27, (sic) 1957, however, we think that it should be interpreted by the Supreme Court of North Carolina in the light of the provisions of the State Constitution. Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee, etc. v. Windsor, [ 353 U.S. 364 ] 77 S.Ct. 838 [ 1 L.Ed.2d 894 ]."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The only question in the case is whether the Act of March 29, 1957 should be declared void and its enforcement against plaintiffs enjoined by the court on the ground that it is violative of their rights under the Federal Constitution."”
1 later decision 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.