369 F. Supp. 1160 - Morrison v. Callaway’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 973
Relies on Flast v. Cohen · Massachusetts v. Mellon · Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist · Richardson v. United States · 323 F. Supp. 833 - Reservists Committee to Stop War v. Laird
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is (the) very narrow relationship between the taking of one's tax dollars and Congress' power to tax and spend which elevates the relationship to the level of a logical link referred to by the Court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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