220 F. Supp. 2d 1257 - Williams v. Pryor’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1461 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Warth v. Seldin · Younger v. Harris · Baker v. Carr
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“encompass[es] the right to use sexual devices like the vibrators, dildos, anal beads, and artificial vaginas”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“there exists a constitutionally inherent right to sexual privacy that firmly encompasses state non-interference with private, adult, consensual sexual relationships.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“for a bona fide medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial, or law enforcement purpose.”
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.