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sermons

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 345 U.S. 67 - Fowler v. Rhode Island · 1953Most cited · 508 citing opinions

Sermons are as much a part of a religious service as prayers. They cover a wide range and have as great a diversity as the Bible or other Holy Book from which they commonly take their texts.

How often courts cite the case defining “sermons”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “sermons” — 506 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.