Pearson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Even if, as appellants assert, the Court “regularly” permits the press and media to use the plaza and steps for reporting purposes, this practice does not compromise the non-public status of the Court and its grounds. At most, if such action created a “limited” public forum, the constitutional right of access would extend only to other activities of similar character. Perry, supra, 460 U.S. at 48 , 103 S.Ct. at 956 . Clearly appellants’ demonstration activity is not of similar character to that of the media, attorneys, and others who use the Court’s grounds for the limited purpose of disseminating information about and from the Court to the public.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bonowitz v. United States

2. “[biased on its provisions and legislative history, it is fair to say that the purpose of the Act was to provide for the protection of the building and grounds and of the persons and property therein, as well as the maintenance of proper order and decorum” and noting that 40 U.S.C. § 13k”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 949 F. Supp. 2d 152 - Hodge v. Talkin

3. “to permit the unimpeded access and egress of litigants and visitors to the Court and to preserve the appearance of the Court as a body not swayed by external influence”— were”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 949 F. Supp. 2d 152 - Hodge v. Talkin