5 Ohio App. 3d 22 - In Re Landis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience. No person shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or maintain any form of worship, against his consent; and no preference shall be given, by law, to any religious society; nor shall any interference with the rights of conscience be permitted. * * *””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 143 Ohio App. 3d 264 - Smith v. Null · Delevie v. Delevie

2. ““The defendant, thus, has no standing to raise that constitutional issue, because the constitutional protection is afforded to the person having personal care and control of the children. It is obvious that if an unwilling parent is forced, by court order, to raise a child in a religion which she disbelieves, the child will suffer. The welfare of the children is in the hands of the plaintiff, and, accordingly, she should be afforded the right to determine which school the children should attend.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rand v. Rand

3. ““* * * It is quite difficult to understand how judicial enforcement of a contract for the payment of money can constitute violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, i.e., constitute passing a law respecting an establishment of religion. If this were the case, a court could not enforce promises, supported by consideration, to pay money to churches and other religious organizations * * *.” Id. at 28 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rand v. Rand