Mellen v. Bunting’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367
Relies on Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Lemon v. Kurtzman · Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · School District of Abington Township Pennsylvania v. Schempp J Murray III
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“each day's prayer ends with the following invocation: `Now O God, we receive this food and share this meal together with thanksgiving. Amen.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mellen v. Bunting“a prayer may thank God for the Institute, ask for God's blessing on the Corps, or give thanks for the love and support of family and friends,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mellen v. Bunting“[e]ach day's prayer is dedicated to giving thanks or asking for God's blessing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mellen v. Bunting
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.