Fawaad v. Herring’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on Turner v. Safley · Procunier v. Martinez · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Brown-El v. Harris · Malik v. Brown
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ssuming without deciding, that the requirement that the plaintiff use both his 'committed' and religious names on his mail constitutes a 'substantial' burden on the practice of his religion, the court is satisfied that no violation of Mr. Fawaad's rights to free speech or religion has occurred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fawaad v. Jones
How this case has been treated — in progress
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