Jova v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
582 F.3d 410 · 2009
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson Director Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction · Terry v. Ashcroft · Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]o government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution, as defined in section 1997 of this title, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person— (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walker v. Artus“there [was] no indication that the Defendants discussed, let alone demonstrated, why they [could not] provide an entirely vegetarian menu to inmates who request it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Annucci“did not demonstrate that the religious/meatless alternative menu was the least restrictive means of furthering their compelling administrative interests.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Annucci
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.