Pickup v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “• Prevent mental health providers from communicating with the public about SOCE • Prevent mental health providers from expressing their views to patients, whether children or adults, about SOCE, homosexuality, or any other topic • Prevent mental health providers from recommending SOCE to patients, whether children or adults • Prevent mental health providers from administering SOCE to any person who is 18 years of age or older • Prevent mental health providers from referring minors to unlicensed counselors, such as religious leaders • Prevent unlicensed providers, such as religious leaders, from administering SOCE to children or adults • Prevent minors from seeking SOCE from mental health providers in other states”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pickup v. Brown · 981 F. Supp. 2d 296 - King v. Christie

2. “a physician and surgeon specializing in the practice of psychiatry, a psychologist, a psychological assistant, intern, or trainee, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a registered marriage and family therapist, intern, or trainee, a licensed educational psychologist, a credentialed school psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, an associate clinical social worker, a licensed professional clinical counselor, a registered clinical counselor, intern, or trainee, or any other person designated as a mental health professional under California law or regulation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pickup v. Brown

3. “(1) doctor-patient communications about medical treatment receive substantial First Amendment protection, but the government has more leeway to regulate the conduct necessary to administering treatment itself; (2) psychotherapists are not entitled to special First Amend ment protection merely because the mechanism used to deliver mental health treatment is the spoken word; and (3) nevertheless, communication that occurs during psychotherapy does receive some constitutional protection, but it is not immune from regulation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 981 F. Supp. 2d 296 - King v. Christie