Gartrell v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1997E · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on United States v. Seeger · City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · Jolly v. Coughlin · McElyea v. Babbitt
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[the government] demonstrates that application of the burden to the person— (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
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.