High Tech Gays’s Empirical Analysis
909 F.2d 375 · 1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Bolling v. Sharpe · Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is clearly insufficient to deprive homosexuals of the status of a suspect classification. Compare the situation with that of blacks, who clearly constitute a suspect category for equal protection purposes. Blacks are protected by three federal constitutional amendments, major federal Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, 1871, 1875 (ill-fated though it was), 1957, 1960, 1964, 1965, and 1968, as well as by antidiscrimination laws in 48 of the states. By that comparison, and by absolute standards as well, homosexuals are politically powerless.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Jantz v. Muci
How this case has been treated — in progress
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