Brown v. Dade Christian Schools, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
556 F.2d 310 · 1977
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Mississippi College (1980), Church of Scientology v. Cazares (1981)
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Sherbert v. Verner · Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same · Craig v. Boren
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the “religious” nature of a belief depends on (1) whether the belief is based on a theory of “man’s nature or his place in the Universe,” (2) which is not merely a personal preference but has an institutional quality about it, and (3) which is sincere.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent““Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he court [would have to] either recognize many such claims ... or draw fine and searching distinctions among various free exercise claimants. The latter course would raise serious constitutional questions with respect to the proper functioning of courts in sensitive religion clause adjudication. Courts are of course competent to sort sincere from insincere religious contentions, but the process of doing so, and of striking different balances when confronted with sincere claims posing subtle variations in religious dogma, inevitably embroils courts undesirably in religious, controversies. When numerous claims are likely, recognizing some while rejecting others unavoidably forces courts to pick and choose among religions and to draw subtle distinctions on the basis of criteria with which no governmental unit should ever become entangled.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.