Bryant v. Gomez’s Empirical Analysis
46 F.3d 948 · 1995
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 13 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably Jolly v. Coughlin (1996), Shakur v. Schriro (2008)
50 federal appellate · 13 district · 5 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on Cruz v. Beto · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Hernandez v. Commissioner · Jesinger v. Nevada Federal Credit Union · Graham v. Commissioner
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the religious adherent ... has the obligation to prove that a governmental [action] burdens the adherent’s practice of his or her religion ... by preventing him or her from engaging in conduct or having a religious experience which the faith mandates. This interference must be more than an inconvenience; the burden must be substantial and an interference with a tenet or belief that is central to religious doctrine.”
22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the issue of whether the prison violated [Dickinson's] religious rights must be analyzed using the 'substantial burden' test rather than the less stringent 'reasonable opportunity' test previously employed.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(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.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Baker · Abate v. Walton
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.