Grace v. Burger’s Empirical Analysis
665 F.2d 1193 · 1981
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2015 · most notably United States v. Grace (1983), Walker v. Jones (1984)
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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 Singleton v. Wulff · Grayned v. City of Rockford · United States v. O'Brien · Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Both parties have addressed fully the constitutionality of [the statute], both in this court and in the District Court. This is not a case, therefore, where resolution of an issue for the first time on appeal would cause undue surprise or prejudice. In addition, since appellants challenge the constitutionality of [the statute] on its face, the resolution of this issue is purely one of law, appropriate for appellate review. For these reasons, we believe that a remand to the District Court, which inevitably would result in a future appeal to this court, would be a waste of judicial resources.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“display [of] . . . any flag, banner, or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice any party, organization, or movement”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer, in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades in or near a building housing a court of the United States, or in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, or court officer, or with such intent uses any sound-truck or similar device or resorts to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.