929 So. 2d 447 - Ex Parte Snider’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wisconsin v. Yoder · Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same · City of Boerne v. Flores · 455 So. 2d 863 - Ex Parte McLendon · 676 So. 2d 1322 - Ex Parte Bryowsky
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.
““ ‘where there is a choice between a valid construction and an invalid construction the court has a duty to accept the construction that will uphold, rather than destroy, the [instrument].’ Homes of Legend, Inc. v. McCollough, 776 So.2d 741, 746 (Ala.2000). See also Clark v. Board of Dental Exam’rs of Georgia, 240 Ga. 289, 294 , 240 S.E.2d 250, 254 (1977) (‘ “When a judgment is susceptible of two meanings, one of which would render it illegal and the other proper, that construction will, if reasonably possible, be given it that would render it legal.” ’ (quoting Byrd v. Goodman, 195 Ga. 621 , 25 S.E.2d 34 (1943))).””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘Separate provisions of judgments, like provisions of contracts, should be construed in pari materia, and the entire judgment — all provisions considered— should be read as a whole in the light of all the circumstances, as well as of the conduct of the parties. ... Further, if the terms of a judgment are not ambiguous, they should be given their usual and ordinary meaning.’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(b) Government may burden a person's freedom of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person: (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.