LaCava v. Lucander’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whoever makes any distinction, discrimination or restriction on account of . . . sex . . . relative to the admission of any person to, or his treatment in any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, as defined in [§ 92A], or whoever aids or incites such distinction, discrimination or restriction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than [$2,500] or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, [18] and shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby for such damages as are enumerated in [G. L. c. 151B, § 5]; provided, however, that such civil forfeiture shall be of an amount not less than [$300]. . . . All persons shall have the right to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable to all persons. This right is recognized and declared to be a civil right.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Currier v. National Board of Medical Examiners