Pollock v. Marshall’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
May 1988
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Procunier v. Martinez · Sherbert v. Verner · Pell v. Procunier
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“limitations may be modified by the managing officer upon a showing by the inmate that a sincerely held belief of such inmate, deeply rooted in religion, conflicts with these limits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pollock v. Marshall“enforcement of a neutral, completely objective standard [, one that] obviates the need for ... line drawing among religious practices”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pollock v. Marshall
How this case has been treated — in progress
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