19 Ariz. App. 27 - State v. Whittingham’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 10 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2009 · most notably Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith (1990), Olsen v. Drug Enforcement Administration (1989)
6 federal appellate · 10 district · 21 state decisions
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
Relies on Sherbert v. Verner · West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 61 Cal. 2d 716 - People v. Woody · 61 Cal. 2d 887 - In Re Grady · In Re Jenison Contempt Proceedings
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[P]eyote can cause vomiting by reason of its bitter taste'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"* * * [I]n a prosecution for an alleged violation of A.R.S. § 36-1061 it is a defense to that prosecution to show that the peyote was being used in connection with a bona fide practice of a religious belief; that it was an integral part of the religious exercise; and that it was used in a manner not dangerous to the public health, safety or morals. See In re Grady, 61 Cal.2d 887 , 39 Cal. Rptr. 912 , 394 P.2d 728 (1964)." 19 Ariz. App. at 31 , 504 P.2d at 954 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he State failed to prove that the quantities of peyote used in the sacraments of the Native American Church are sufficiently harmful to the health and welfare of the participants so as to permit a legitimate intrusion under the State's police power”
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.