Johnson v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate ·

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.

1. “[n]o government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jon B. Cutter J. Lee Hampton, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Reginald Wilkinson David Schwartz Nicholas G. Menedez L.C. Coval K.L. Brown George D. Alexander Dianne Walker Jim Erwin Ron Carnein Rudy Pringle Walter Lowery, John Miller, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Reginald Wilkinson David Schwartz Terry Collins Cheryl Hart Charles R. Griffin Charles Griffin, Chaplain, John W. Gerhardt, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Alan Lazaroff, Warden Kenneth Byers Don Wilson Mary Henderson Sherry Williamson Kristina Hackett Steven Weingart Ron Clifton Robert Englund Charles Conrad Stacha Doty Jack Taylor William Blaney Carol Martin June Coleman Dave Morris Vance York Susan Coolie Stephanie Walker Rachel Hettinger Kenneth E. McDonald · Cutter

2. “the substantial burden [on religious exercise] is imposed in a program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jon B. Cutter J. Lee Hampton, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Reginald Wilkinson David Schwartz Nicholas G. Menedez L.C. Coval K.L. Brown George D. Alexander Dianne Walker Jim Erwin Ron Carnein Rudy Pringle Walter Lowery, John Miller, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Reginald Wilkinson David Schwartz Terry Collins Cheryl Hart Charles R. Griffin Charles Griffin, Chaplain, John W. Gerhardt, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. Alan Lazaroff, Warden Kenneth Byers Don Wilson Mary Henderson Sherry Williamson Kristina Hackett Steven Weingart Ron Clifton Robert Englund Charles Conrad Stacha Doty Jack Taylor William Blaney Carol Martin June Coleman Dave Morris Vance York Susan Coolie Stephanie Walker Rachel Hettinger Kenneth E. McDonald · Cutter

3. “No government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or institution, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person, assembly or institution— (A) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (B) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. Notwithstanding the breadth of this "general rule”, subsection (a)(2) immediately limits the applicability of the statute to: any case in which' — • (A) the substantial burden is imposed in a program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability; (B) the substantial burden affects, or removal of that substantial burden would affect, commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, or with Indian tribes, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability; or (C)the substantial burden is imposed in the implementation of a land use regulation or system of land use regulations, under which a government makes, or has in place formal or informal procedures or practices that permit the government to make, individualized assessments of the proposed uses for the property involved. So limited, the statute then, in subsection (b), imposes four proscriptions: (b) DISCRIMINATION AND EXCLUSION— (1) EQUAL TERMS. — No government shall impose or implement”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Westchester Day School v. Village of Mamaroneck