United States v. Ali’s Empirical Analysis
682 F.3d 705 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2339B (§ 303 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 401 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
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 · Bloom v. Illinois · Walker v. City of Birmingham
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all federal laws, including criminal laws, to include a statutory exemption from any requirement that substantially burdens a person's exercise of religion unless that requirement is the least restrictive means to achieve a compelling government interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a RFRA analysis, a rule imposes a substantial burden on the free exercise of religion if it prohibits a practice that is both sincerely held by and rooted in the religious beliefs of the party asserting the claim or defense.”
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.