480 F. Supp. 790 - Wright v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is purely speculative whether, in the final analysis, any fewer schools would be granted tax exemptions under plaintiffs' system than under the current IRS system”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Allen v. Wright · Wright v. Regan

2. “If plaintiffs can prove that a private school is discriminating in direct contravention of the Constitution and federal law, such discrimination is redressable through an ordinary lawsuit in an adversary context filed directly against the offending school. If, on the other hand, plaintiffs cannot prove such discrimination, they have failed to assert a distinct, palpable, and concrete injury and thus lack the requisite standing to assert their claims.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wright v. Regan

3. “receive tax exemptions merely on the basis of adopting and certifying—but not implementing—a policy of nondiscrimination,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allen v. Wright