Hankins v. Lyght’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 federal appellate · 5 district · 9 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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) In general. Government shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b) Exception. Government may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person— (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 158 F. Supp. 3d 317 - Mathis v. Christian Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. · 557 F. Supp. 2d 387 - Rojas v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

2. “meet[ ] the burden of going forward with the evidence and of persuasion.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-2(3). 13 . For example, in Yoder , when holding that a Wisconsin law compelling school attendance beyond eighth grade interfered with the religious practices of the Amish, the Supreme Court agreed that”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists v. McGill · 645 F. Supp. 2d 98 - United States v. Manneh

3. ““(b) Exception. Government may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of Hie burden to the person— “(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and “(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. “(c) Judicial relief. A person whose religious exercise has been burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government. Standing to assert a claim or defense under this section shall be governed by the general rules of standing under article III of the Constitution.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 98 Conn. App. 646 - Rweyemamu v. Commission on Human Rights