People v. Radich’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · Stromberg v. People of State of California · Thomas v. Collins · Terminiello v. Chicago
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he defendant did have on public display and for public viewing, the flag of the United States of America, in the following manner; 1 — in the form of a male sexual organ, protruding from the body of form, in the anterior portion of the body of the form and depicting the erected male penis, protruding from a form of a cross. 2 — the flag of the United States of America, wrapped in a chained bundle. 3— [T]he standard of the United States on the form of an alleged elephant. 4 — [T]lie Union of the flag of the United States of America, depicted in the form of an octupus [sic]. 5 — [T]he American flag attached to a gas meter. 6 — [T]he American flag wrapped around a bundle attached to a two wheeled vehicle. 7 — [T]he American flag in the form of a body, hanging from a yellow noose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Any person who . . d. Shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, or defy, trample upon, or cast contempt upon [the flag] either by words or act . . . Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor [emphasis added].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in the form of a large cross with a bishop's mitre on the head-piece, the arms wrapped in ecclesiastical flags and an erect penis wrapped in an American flag protruding from the vertical standard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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