Ex Parte Lowe’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin))
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. State of Alabama Patterson · Rav v. City of St Paul Minnesota · Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart · Bates v. City of Little Rock
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must show convincingly a substantial relation between the information sought and a subject of overriding and compelling state interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re BACALA
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.