Mishler v. MAC Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart · Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe · Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · Alexander v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No law shall be passed, restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion or restricting the right to speak, write, or print, freely, on any subject whatever; but for the abuse of that right, every person shall be responsible.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The special vice of a prior restraint is that communication is suppressed, either directly or by inducing excessive caution in the speaker, before an adequate determination that it is unprotected by the First Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Restraining orders and injunctions that forbid future speech activities are classic examples of prior restraints.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.