Phelps-Roper v. Strickland’s Empirical Analysis
539 F.3d 356 · 2008
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Ward v. Rock Against Racism · Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · Frisby v. Schultz
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[G]iven that numerous mourners usually attend a funeral or burial service, the size of a buffer zone necessary to protect the privacy of an entire funeral gathering can be expected to be larger than that necessary to protect the privacy of a single residence or a single individual entering a medical clinic. Moreover, a 300-foot buffer zone takes account of the logistical problems associated with moving large numbers of people from the site of a funeral to the burial site.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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