Femedeer v. Haun’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Paul v. Davis · Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson · Kansas v. Hendricks
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This Court is not aware of any sex offender registration and notification acts that have passed constitutional muster that do not contain procedural safeguards designed to ensure that the burden imposed on registrants does not exceed the burden inherent in accomplishment of such acts’ goals.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Burr“[r]egistry information posted on the Department's website will be available without restriction to a global audience, many members of whom will be at no risk of encountering the registered offenders.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to assist in investigating sex-related crimes and in apprehending offenders.”
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.