Black v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 871 (Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000)
Relies on Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · Roth v. United States · Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire · City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · Rav v. City of St Paul Minnesota
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny such burning of a cross shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to intimidate a person or group of persons.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[t]he enhanced probability of prosecution under the statute chills the expression of protected speech.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.