Peloza v. Capistrano Unified School District’s Empirical Analysis
37 F.3d 517 · 1994
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 14 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2021 · most notably Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004), Wyler Summit Partnership v. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (1998)
26 federal appellate · 14 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Paul v. Davis · Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[N]either the Supreme Court, nor this circuit, has ever held that evolutionism or secular humanism are 'religions' for Establishment Clause purposes.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]o permit [a teacher] to discuss his religious beliefs with students during school time on school grounds would violate the Establishment Clause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In Siegert ..., the Court laid to rest the notion that reputation alone is a sufficient interest to give rise to due process rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wenger v. Monroe
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.