McCarthy v. Fuller’s Empirical Analysis
714 F.3d 971 · 2013
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich · Jones v. Wolf · Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]nce the court has satisfied itself that the authorized religious body has resolved the issue, the court may not question the resolution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a secular court may not take sides on issues of religious doctrine, it must be allowed to decide whether a party is correct in arguing that there is an authoritative church ruling on an issue, a ruling that removes the issue from the jurisdiction of that court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he district judge's ruling challenged by the plaintiffs [is] closely akin to a denial of official immunity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Belya v. Kapral
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.