Guyot v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The undisputed proof in the record from’a responsible police official is:- “ ‘That the City Council in arriving at its decision [as to granting permits] considered the following problems: Traffic control along the proposed parade or march route; the size and number, length, number of vehicles, etc. that would be in the parade; the number of police and police vehicles that would be needed or required to handle the proposed parade; the time element in connection with any such proposed parade in order that such parade would not interfere with the normal flow of traffic.’ “This witness testified that the only reason for requiring a permit was in order that traffic could be controlled and law and order maintained during the parade. “These are, of course, objects of legitimate municipal concern, which, as already pointed out, the City clearly has the authority to handle in a constitutional manner. “The difficulty is that these standards and considerations do not appear in the face of the Ordinance.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McGuire v. Roebuck

2. “Lastly, no Federal Court has the authority to interfere with any municipality in the promulgation and lawful enforcement of reasonable regulations for maintaining the safety and convenience of all citizens in the orderly use of its public streets and sidewalks, so long as these regulations comply with Constitutional standards.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. Dobbs

3. ““[D]uring the three year period immediately preceding this attempted parade without a permit there had been 13 parade permit applications filed in the City of Jackson and none had been denied. Almost half of those granted were for Negroes and/or civil rights demonstrations.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McGuire v. Roebuck