Washington v. Gonyea’s Empirical Analysis
731 F.3d 143 · 2013
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Davis, As Next Friend of Lashonda D. v. Monroe County Board of Education et al. · Barnes in Her Official Capacity As Member of the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City Missouri et al. v. Gorman · Sossamon v. Texas · Sossamon v. Texas · Sossamon v. Lone Star
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.
“as a matter of statutory interpretation and following the principle of constitutional avoidance” that RLUIPA did not create a personal capacity damages action. Id. at 146 . RFRA, by contrast,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Indeed, to decide otherwise would create liability on the basis of a law never enacted by a sovereign with the power to affect the individual rights at issue- i.e. , the state receiving the federal funds-and this would raise serious questions regarding whether Congress had exceeded its authority under the Spending Clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tanvir v. FNU Tanzin“42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1(c). As to whether this statute affords a money-damages remedy against individual federal officers, precedent points the way with graphic simplicity. This Court has already decided the scope of an identical private right of action in the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tanvir v. Tanzin
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.