Ross v. Early’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 2 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'need not be the speaker's first or best choice or provide the same audience or impact for the speech.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reynolds v. Middleton · McClellan v. City of Alexandria

2. “avenues for the more general dissemination of a message.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McClellan v. City of Alexandria · Bruce & Tanya & Assocs., Inc. v. Bd. of Supervisors of Fairfax Cnty.

3. “For the past several years the Police Department in conjunction with the Law Department has planned for handling the movement of attendees and protesters around the Baltimore Arena during the Ringling Bros. Circus. The goal of the plan, as always, is to allow attendees to have easy access to the Arena entrances while providing ample opportunities for those who wish to express their views about the Circus. The plan has worked well in the past and remains the same for this year .... The plan is as follows: 1. East side of Arena (Hopkins Place)— Any protesters will be asked to move to the sidewalk between the Arena and Hopkins Place. This would help alleviate any congestion problems at the main entrance. 2. North side of Arena (Baltimore Street)—Any protesters will be directed to stay within the brick areas of the sidewalk, approximately 13 feet wide between the curb and the middle of the sidewalk. This provides the remainder of the sidewalk closer to the building for foot traffic to access Baltimore Street and main entrances. 3. West side of Arena (Howard Street)— Any protesters will be asked to remain on the corner of Howard and Baltimore streets or to move to the middle of the block south of the Howard Street entrance. This will allow sufficient room for attendees to access the Arena from the Howard Street entrance. Anyone who is [sic] refuses to obey these guidelines, will receive at least two verbal requests for compliance prior to an officer making an arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lucero v. Early