Barker v. Conroy’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 2 U.S.C. § 1317 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Warth v. Seldin
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a challenge to the ability of Congress to open with a prayer.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[t]he Chaplain shall offer a prayer at the commencement of each day's sitting of the House.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barker v. Conroy“would be to disregard the Supreme Court precedent that permits legislative prayer.”
1 later decision 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.