State v. Patzer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Teacher certification appears to us to be among the least personally intrusive methods now available to satisfy the state’s prime interest in seeing that its children are taught by capable persons.” 382 N.W.2d at 639 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Anderson · State v. Melin

2. ““(1) whether the activity interfered with by the state is motivated by and rooted in a legitimate and sincerely-held religious belief; (2) whether the parents’ free exercise of religion has been burdened by the regulation, and the extent of or impact of the burden on their religious practices; and (3) whether the state has a compelling interest in the regulation which justifies the burden on the free exercise of religion and overrides the interest of the parents in exercising their religious practices. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 , 92 S.Ct. 1526 , 32 L.Ed.2d 15 (1972); ...” State v.Patzer, 382 N.W.2d 631, 634 (N.D.1986), cert. denied 479 U.S. 825 , 107 S.Ct. 99 , 93 L.Ed.2d 50 (1986).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Melin

3. ““This would be a very different case for me if respondents’ claim were that their religion forbade their children from attending any school at any time and from complying in any way with the educational standards set by the State.” Wisconsin v. Yoder, supra at 238, 92 S.Ct. at 1544 , 32 L.Ed.2d at 38 (Justice White, concurring).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Anderson