Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
1 district · 63 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 2612 (§ 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396O (§ 1916 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 18022 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Illinois v. Gates · Batson v. Kentucky · Katz v. United States
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 165 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An undue burden exists, and therefore a provision of law is invalid, if its purpose or effect is to place a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion before the fetus attains viability.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[E]mbarrassingly for the majority . . . early law in fact does provide some support for abortion rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.