United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
875 F.3d 360 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 43 (Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992)
Relies on Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Duncan v. Walker · Collins v. City of Harker Heights · Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] defendant who challenges a statute as facially overbroad assumes a heavy burden for it is now well-established that such a challenge can succeed only when ... the statute is unconstitutional in a substantial portion of the cases to which it applies.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“chills speech and expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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