Moody v. Cronin’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1681 (§ 901 of the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972)
Relies on McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Sherbert v. Verner · Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . . .”
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.