Doe v. Duling’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Buckley v. Valeo · Roe v. Wade · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Griswold v. State of Connecticut
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether the State, consistent with the Constitution, may restrict the non-prostitutional, heterosexual activities of two unmarried, consenting adults when such activities occur in the privacy of one's home.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Doe v. Duling“the constitutional right to privacy extends to a single adult's decision whether to engage in sexual intercourse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Doe v. Duling“a threat of prosecution sufficient to make this controversy ripe for review,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Doe v. Duling
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.