Weaver v. Jago’s Empirical Analysis
675 F.2d 116 · 1982
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently April 2007 · most notably Walker v. Mintzes (1985), Lawrence D. Caldwell v. Harold G. Miller, Warden (1986)
27 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 Wolff v. McDonnell · Bell v. Wolfish · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division · Kennedy v. Meacham
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the state must do more than simply offer conclusory statements that a limitation on religious freedom is required for security, health or safety in order to establish that its interests are of the “highest order”. 22”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... [0]nly those [state] interests of the highest order and those not otherwise served can overbalance [inmates’] legitimate claims to the free exercise of religion. Id. (emphasis added)”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"[I]f the belief asserted is `philosophical and personal rather than religious,' or is `merely a matter of personal preference,' and not `one of deep religious conviction shared by an organized group,' it will not be entitled to First Amendment protection." Fiedler v. Marumsco Christian Sch., 631 F.2d 1144 (4th Cir.1980), citing Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 , 92 S.Ct. 1526 , 32 L.Ed.2d 15 (1972). (emphasis added).”
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.