Lipp v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
579 F.2d 834 · 1978
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Holloman ex rel. Holloman v. Harland (2004), D'Iorio v. County of Delaware (1978)
13 federal appellate ·
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
Relies on West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · Zwickler v. Koota · Wooley v. Maynard · Banks v. Board of Public Instruction of Dade County · Dyches v. Ryan
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Here we hold that the statute is not of an uncertain nature and, therefore, the case does not qualify for application of the abstention doctrine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to engage in what amounts to implicit expression by standing at respectful attention while the flag salute is being administered”
1 later decision 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.