Olsen v. Mukasey’s Empirical Analysis
541 F.3d 827 · 2008
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1997 (Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Montana v. United States · Commissioner v. Sunnen · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Sherbert v. Verner · Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Absent evidence of an 'intent to regulate religious worship,' a law is a neutral law of general applicability.”
2 later decisions 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.