Nurre v. Whitehead’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “There exists a delicate balance between protecting a student’s right to speak freely and necessary actions taken by school administrators to avoid collision with the Establishment Clause.”). 25 . al-Kidd, 131 S.Ct. at 2083 (emphasis added) (quoting Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635 , 640, 107 S.Ct. 3034 , 97 L.Ed.2d 523 (1987)). 26 . Id. at 2084 (citing Wilson v. Layne, 526 U.S. 603 , 617, 119 S.Ct. 1692 , 143 L.Ed.2d 818 (1999)). In a situation where no”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morgan v. Swanson

2. ““ ‘Entanglement is a question of kind and degree . . .’ [citation], and this ‘prong seeks to minimize the interference of religious authorities with secular affairs and secular authorities in religious affairs.’ ” (Nurre, supra, 580 F.3d at p. 1097 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 235 Cal. App. 4th 874 - Sedlock v. Baird

3. “principal or primary effect . . . that . . . advances [or] inhibits religion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 715 F. Supp. 2d 1051 - Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Geithner