366 F. Supp. 2d 297 - Hinton v. Conner’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Connick v. Myers
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.
“When a government classification does not burden the exercise of a fundamental right or disadvantage a member of a suspect class, the government need only show a reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the classification.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Strict scrutiny applies if a person is treated differently based upon membership in a suspect class or because of the exercise of a fundamental right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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