De Leon v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738C · 29 U.S.C. § 2612 (§ 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Elrod v. Burns · Allen v. Wright · Stanley v. Illinois
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Sjubsequent doctrinal and societal developments since 1972 compel this Court to conclude that the summary dismissal in Baker is no longer binding, and that the issue of same-sex marriage now presents a substantial federal question.”); Bostic v. Rainey, 970 F.Supp.2d 456, 469 (E.D.Va.2014) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“right or claim to any legal protection, benefit, or responsibility asserted as a result of a marriage between persons of the same sex ... in this state or in any other jurisdiction,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Texas' prohibition on same-sex marriage conflicts with the United States Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.