State v. Pedersen’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on Wisconsin v. Yoder · Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith · Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division · United States v. Ballard · State Ex Rel. Cooper v. French
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.
“Here, appellant has failed to provide any evidence that establishes a connection between the practice of her religion and the medicinal use of marijuana. In our view, her belief in the medicinal use of marijuana is a personal, secular belief, driven more by her medical needs than any philosophical principle or religious tenant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State 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.