Wynne v. Town of Great Falls’s Empirical Analysis
376 F.3d 292 · 2004
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lemon v. Kurtzman · Everson v. Board of Education · Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · Lynch v. Donnelly · County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whatever else the Establishment Clause may mean[,] . . . it certainly means at the very least that government may not demonstrate a preference for one particular sect or creed (including a preference for Christianity over other religions).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Marsh does not permit legislators to ... engage, as part of public business and for the citizenry as a whole, in prayers that contain explicit references to a deity in whose divinity only those of one faith believe”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Advancement could include `conversion' but it does not necessarily contain any `conversion' or `proselytization' element.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.