O'Hair v. Andrus’s Empirical Analysis
613 F.2d 931 · 1979
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2007 · most notably Widmar v. Vincent (1981), Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division (1981)
23 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Sherbert v. Verner · Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization · Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · School District of Abington Township Pennsylvania v. Schempp J Murray III
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public and, time out of mind, have been used for purposes of assembly, communicating thought between citizens, and discussing public questions. Such use of the streets and public places has, from ancient times, been a part of the privileges, immunities, rights, and liberties of citizens.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. U.S. Const. Amend. I.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[I]t is an important function of government to permit such large assemblies.... Provision of police, sanitation and related public services is a legitimate function of government and not an 'establishment' of religion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.