Aguillard v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 225 · 1985
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
February 1988
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Lemon v. Kurtzman · Wallace v. Jaffree · Stone v. Graham · Lubbock Civil Liberties Union v. Lubbock Independent School District · Karen v. Treen
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“task is admittedly a most difficult and often impossible one, since legislatures are not known for providing clear guidance to those interpreting their works”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“its visceral knowledge regarding what must have motivated the legislators,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Edwards v. Aguillard“respecting an establishment of religion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Edwards v. Aguillard
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.