Nitke v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3237 · 28 U.S.C. § 2284 · 47 U.S.C. § 223
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Allen v. Wright · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · Grayned v. City of Rockford
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The essence of a claim of chill ... is an assertion that one has elected to refrain from speaking, rather than risk prosecution,”
1 later decision 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.