Lassonde v. Pleasanton Unified School District’s Empirical Analysis
320 F.3d 979 · 2003
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · Lee v. Weisman · Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
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1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“sufficiently, a disclaimer could not address the other ground underlying both Cole and Lee : permitting a proselytizing speech at a public school's graduation ceremony would amount to coerced participation in a religious practice. Regardless of any offered disclaimer, a reasonable dissenter still could feel that there is no choice but to participate in the proselytizing in order to attend high school graduation. Although a disclaimer arguably distances school officials from”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to avoid running afoul of the Establishment Clause. 228 F.3d at 1101 . We did not hold that, in censoring the speech, the school had done more than what was required; rather, we held that the steps taken were”
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.