Knight v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.3d 934 · 2015
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith · City of Boerne v. Flores · Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson Director Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction · Sossamon v. Texas
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution ... even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person— (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Owens
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.