Haight v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
763 F.3d 554 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 666 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415 · 28 U.S.C. § 1365 · 28 U.S.C. § 1443 · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · City of Boerne v. Flores · Gregory v. Ashcroft · United States v. Seeger
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may not use a manual written by government officials to allow other government officials to decide on that basis alone that a practice is not central to this or that faith”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“place[s] substantial pressure on an adherent to modify his behavior and to violate his beliefs ... or effectively bar[s] his sincere faith-based conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Constitution prohibit[s], and judges lack[] the capacity to undertake, assessments of the centrality of faith-based practices to this or that religion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.