Holt v. Hobbs’s Empirical Analysis
574 U.S. 352 · 2015
Citation profile
2 district · 8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000B · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on Turner v. Safley · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Procunier v. Martinez · 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mirrors RFRA and . . . thus allows prisoners to seek religious accommodations pursuant to the same standard as set forth in RFRA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sabir v. Williams“Because the [group prayer] policy puts [the plaintiffs] to this choice, it substantially burdens [their] religious exercise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sabir v. Williams“the availability of alternative means of practicing religion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sabir v. Williams
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.