354 F. Supp. 2d 1298 - Wilson v. Ake’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 7 · 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 1738C
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · Palko v. State of Connecticut
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.
“No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship. [ 28 U.S.C.A. § 1738C. ] In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word “marriage” means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. [ 1 U.S.C.A. § 7 . ]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“for purposes of federal law: In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Windsor v. United States · (2010)
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.