McGlone v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
681 F.3d 718 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Ward v. Rock Against Racism · Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · Steffel v. Thompson
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prior restraint is any law 'forbidding certain communications when issued in advance of the time that such communications are to occur.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A prior restraint is any law 'forbidding certain communications when issued in advance of the time that such communications are to occur.' " McGlone v. Bell , 681 F.3d 718 , 733 (6th Cir. 2012) (quoting Alexander v. United States , 509 U.S. 544 , 550, 113 S.Ct. 2766 , 125 L.Ed.2d 441 (1993) ). "Any system of prior restraints of expression [bears] a heavy presumption against its constitutional validity, and a party who seeks to have such a restraint upheld thus carries a heavy burden of showing justification for the imposition of such a restraint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause the perimeter sidewalks at [the university] blend into the urban grid and are physically indistinguishable from public sidewalks, they constitute traditional public fora.”
1 later decision 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.