39 Cal. 2d 676 - Pockman v. Leonard’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently April 1988 · most notably 44 Cal. 3d 1103 - Jolly v. Eli Lilly & Co. (1988), 68 Cal. 2d 18 - Vogel v. County of Los Angeles (1967)
3 federal appellate · 54 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
Relies on William Marbury v. James Madison · Cohen v. Wright · Bradley v. Clark · Sheehy v. Shinn
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no other oath, declaration or test, shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘Oath and Affidavit “ ‘Department- “ ‘A. Oath of Office or Employment “ ‘I, -, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of California, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office or emplojunent on which I am about to enter or am now engaged. So Help Me God. “ ‘B. Affidavit re Subversive Activity “ ‘I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I now a member, nor have I been since December 7, 1941, a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States, or- State of California, or County of Los Angeles, by violence, except those specified as follows:-and that during such time as I am an officer or employee of the County of Los Angeles, I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States, or State of California, or County of Los Angeles, by force or violence. “ ‘C. Affidavit re Aliases - “ 'I do further swear (or affirm) that I have never used or been known by -any names other than those listed as follows: “Also included in the document is paragraph ‘D’ requiring such officers and employees to i”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Members of the Legislature, and all public officers and employees, executive, legislative, and judicial, except such inferior officers and employees as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: 11 ‘I, -, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter. 11 ‘And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that now advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means; that within the five years immediately preceding the taking of this oath (or affirmation) I have not been a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that advocated the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means except as follows: -■. (If no affiliations, write in the words “No Exceptions”) and that dur”
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.