Jackson v. Dorrier’s Empirical Analysis
424 F.2d 213 · 1970
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 6 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2015 · most notably Olff v. East Side Union High School District (1972), Freeman v. Flake (1972)
30 federal appellate · 6 district · 19 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · Epperson v. Arkansas · Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School District · Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School District
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the absence of infringement of constitutional rights, the responsibility for maintaining proper standards of decorum and discipline and a wholesome academic environment at Donelson High School is not vested in the federal courts, but in the principal and faculty of the school and the Metropolitan Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The record supports the finding of the District Judge that Jackson and Barnes pursued their course of personal grooming for the purpose of enhancing the popularity of the musical group in which they performed. We agree with Judge Gray that “the growing of hair for purely commercial purposes is not protected by the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech”.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘To hold that the relationship between parents, pupils, and school officials must be conducted in an adversary atmosphere and accordingly the procedural rules to which we are accustomed in a court of law would hardly best serve the interests of any of those involved.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.