Searle v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Company · Angrist v. United States · Henry v. First National Bank · Leigh Furniture and Carpet Co. v. Isom
Most-quoted passages
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“[T/here is an equality of status' in the field of ideas”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.