Wilson v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 1131 (Wilderness Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 1132 · 16 U.S.C. § 1532 (§ 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1533 (§ 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1534 (§ 5 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1535 (§ 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 1536 (§ 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973) · 16 U.S.C. § 470 (National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000)
Relies on Singleton v. Wulff · Sierra Club v. Morton · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Wisconsin v. Yoder
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is to insure for traditional native religions the same rights of free exercise enjoyed by more powerful religions. However, it is in no way intended to provide Indian religions with a more favorable status than other religions, only to insure that the U.S. Government treats them equally.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilson v. Block“to insure that the policies and procedures of various Federal agencies, as they may impact upon the exercise of traditional Indian religious practices, are brought into compliance with the constitutional injunction that Congress shall make no laws abridging the free exercise of religion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilson v. Block“species, and in the second sentence again required agencies to insure the continued existence of endangered and threatened species. However, the amended section 7, in contrast to the original, did not, in restricting agency action, directly or indirectly refer to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Block
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.