Pollara v. Seymour’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 106A · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · 861 F. Supp. 303 - Carter v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc. · 982 F. Supp. 625 - Martin v. City of Indianapolis · 150 F. Supp. 2d 393 - Pollara v. Seymour
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.
“a large printed placard, bill, or announcement, often illustrated, posted to advertise or publicize something,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pollara v. Seymour“purpose of the [banner] was to attract public attention and publicity to the [Gideon] information table,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pollara v. Seymour“visually appealing and demonstrated a great deal of artistic ability and creativity,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pollara v. Seymour
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.