O'Hair v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.2d 307 · 1981
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Flast v. Cohen · Sierra Club v. Morton
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(n)ot even the broadest sweep of ... juror decisions could convince (us) that a Texas court could say that the Texas Constitution's explicit exclusion of atheists from holding 'office' does not cover judges.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. O'Hair v. White“that courts of equity should not act ... when the moving party has an adequate remedy at law and will not suffer irreparable injury if denied equitable relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“be based upon a tentative interpretation of state law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. O'Hair v. White
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.