Norwood v. Strada’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Sherbert v. Verner · City of Boerne v. Flores · Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division · McEachin v. McGuinnis
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a follower is forced to choose between following the precepts of his religion and forfeiting benefits otherwise generally available to other inmates versus abandoning one of the precepts of his religion in order to receive a benefit; or (2) the government puts substantial pressure on an adherent to substantially modify his behavior and to violate his beliefs.”
3 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.