Chapman v. Gorman’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Buckley v. Valeo · Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“legislative distinctions... must bear a rational relationship to a legitimate state end.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“No person shall be eligible to membership on a board of education: (i) Who has a relative as defined in subsection (1) of this section employed by the school district and is elected after July 13, 1990. However, this shall not apply to a board member holding office on July 13, 1990, whose relative was not initially hired by the district during the tenure of the board member.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] higher level of scrutiny must be applied under the Equal Protection Clause, when challenged statutes burden 'suspect classes’ of persons or what is deemed a constitutional ‘fundamental right.’ ” (Citation omitted). Chapman v. Gorman, 839 S.W.2d at 240 . In this case, pursuant to constitutional analysis, the statute does not burden a”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harris v. Stewart
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.