Phelps-Roper v. Ricketts’s Empirical Analysis
867 F.3d 883 · 2017
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Connick v. Myers · United States v. Salerno · Ward v. Rock Against Racism · Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“establish that no set of circumstances exists under which [the formation deadline] would be valid;”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If an as-applied challenge is successful, the statute may not be applied to the challenger, but is otherwise enforceable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a substantial number of its applications are unconstitutional, judged in relation to [its] plainly legitimate sweep.”
2 later decisions 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.