Tenison v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 666 (§ 466 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith · Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · Poulos v. State of New Hampshire · Burton v. Municipal Court · 11 Cal. 3d 77 - Dulaney v. Municipal Court
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“each State must have in effect laws requiring the use of . . . [p]rocedures requiring that the social security number of . . . any applicant for a . . . driver's license . . . be recorded on the application[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“lose[s] a substantial portion of [its] federal funding for various welfare programs[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.