Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
573 U.S. 682 · 2014
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 10 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 1 (Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002) · 26 U.S.C. § 106 · 26 U.S.C. § 3127 (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 4980D (§ 402 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) · 26 U.S.C. § 4980H · 26 U.S.C. § 5000A · 26 U.S.C. § 6033 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Wisconsin v. Yoder
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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“least restrictive means of furthering [a] compelling governmental interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“in an obvious effort to effect a complete separation from First Amendment case law, Congress deleted the reference to the First Amendment [in RLUIPA] and defined the 'exercise of religion' to include ' any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Arrogating the authority to provide a binding national answer to this religious and philosophical question, HHS and the principal dissent in effect tell the plaintiffs that their beliefs are flawed. For good reason, we have repeatedly refused to take such a step.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.