Epstein v. Maddox’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
October 1985
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Baggett v. Bullitt · Ex parte Poresky · Douglas v. City of Jeannette
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 mere fact that a police regulation parallels some religious commandment does not make it invalid as a religious enactment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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