Bright v. Nunn’s Empirical Analysis
448 F.2d 245 · 1971
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · Epperson v. Arkansas · Thomas v. Collins · Schenck v. United States · Marietta Norton v. The Discipline Committee of East Tennessee State University
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * Courts do not and cannot intervene in the resolution of conflicts which arise in the daily operation of school systems and which do not directly and sharply implicate basic constitutional values. * * * (Emphasis supplied).” Ibid, at 104, 89 S.Ct. at 270 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““School officials must be given wide authority in maintaining discipline and good order on campus. This cannot be accomplished if students are permitted to flout their teachers and disobey lawful orders issued by [them].” Bright v. Nunn, supra, 448 F.2d at 249 .”
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.