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“rayer is perhaps the quintessential religious practice for many of the world's faiths ... an address of entreaty, supplication, praise, or thanksgiving directed toward some sacred or divine spirit, being or object.”
76 citation events (1 in the last 25 years) across 27 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Daniel Weisman, Etc. v. Robert E. Lee (ca1, 1990-07-23)
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Top citers, strongest first. 11 distinct citers. How cited ↗
examined Cited as authority (quoted) Daniel Weisman, Etc. v. Robert E. Lee (2×)
1st Cir. · 1990 · signal: see, e.g. · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence low
rayer is perhaps the quintessential religious practice for many of the world's faiths ... an address of entreaty, supplication, praise, or thanksgiving directed toward some sacred or divine spirit, being or object.
examined Cited "see" Jane Doe v. Beaumont Independent School District (3×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
5th Cir. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See Hall v. Bradshaw, 630 F.2d 1018, 1020-21 (4th Cir.1980) (mentioning both the majority opinion and Justice Brennan's concurrence in Schempp in applying the religious-means-secular-ends test) 25 In Karen B. v. Treen, 653 F.2d 897, 901 (5th Cir. Unit A Aug.1981), aff'd, 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982) (mem.), one of our panels inferred the religious-means-secular-ends test from the portion of the majority opinion in School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 223-24 , 83 S.Ct. 1560, 1572 , 10 L.Ed.2d 844, 858-59 (1963), where the Court re…
cited Cited "see" United States v. Ernest L. Brunskill and Evelyn B. Brunskill
9th Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Goldfield Deep Mines Co. of Nevada, 644 F.2d 1307 (9th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 907 , 102 S.Ct. 1252 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982).
discussed Cited "see" Pacific Power & Light Co. v. Public Service Commission
Wyo. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Office of Consumers' Counsel v. Public Utilities Commission, 67 Ohio St.2d 153 , 21 Ohio Op.3d 96 , 423 N.E.2d 820 (1981), dismissed Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company v. Office of Consumer's Counsel, 455 U.S. 914 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982), where the court quoted the commission order as stating, "' * * * [t]hus, we now see the wisdom of the standard emerging from the cases from other jurisdictions: if the expenditures are prudent, amortization should be permitted.’ ” Id. 67 Ohio St.2d 153 , 423 N.E.2d at 825 .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Doe ex rel. Doe v. Beaumont Independent School District (2×)
5th Cir. · 1999 · signal: see also · confidence low
In doing so, it implicitly embraces the position that the Establishment Clause forbids the “use [of] essentially religious means to serve governmental ends where secular means would suffice.” 24 Schempp, 374 U.S. at 294-95 , 83 S.Ct. at 1609-10 , 10 L.Ed.2d at 899-900 (Brennan, J., concurring); see also Karen B. v. Treen, 653 F.2d 897, 901 (5th Cir. Unit A Aug.1981) (“the state cannot employ a religious means to serve otherwise legitimate secular interests”), aff 'd, 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982) (mem.). 25 The religious-means-secular-ends test underlying the ma…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Ingebretsen on Behalf of Ingebretsen v. Jackson Public School Dist.
5th Cir. · 1996 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also, O'Hair v. Hill, 641 F.2d 307, 310 (5th Cir.1981) (without suffering actual injury, plaintiffs had no standing to make a First Amendment challenge to a provision of the Texas Constitution). .The panel supported its "inevitability” theory of injury by relying on Karen B. v. Treen, 653 F.2d 897 (5th Cir.1981), affirmed, 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982), but that is an entirely different case.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." John Doe v. Duncanville Independent School District v. Kelly Kendrick, John Doe v. Duncanville Independent School District
5th Cir. · 1993 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Karen B. v. Treen, 653 F.2d 897 (5th Cir. Unit A Aug. 1981), aff'd, 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982) (striking down statute authorizing voluntary student or teacher-initiated prayer at start of school day).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." John Doe v. Duncanville Independent School District v. Kelly Kendrick, John Doe v. Duncanville Independent School District
5th Cir. · 1993 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Karen B. v. Treen, 653 F.2d 897 (5th Cir.1981), aff'd, 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982) (striking down statute authorizing voluntary student or teacher-initiated prayer at start of school day).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Walter v. West Virginia Board of Education
S.D.W. Va · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also, Karen B. v. Treen, 653 F.2d 897, 900 (5th Cir.1981), affd, 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982); and, Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 , 101 S.Ct. 192 , 66 L.Ed.2d 199 (1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Bender v. The Williamsport Area School District
3rd Cir. · 1984 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Treen v. Karen B., 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 (1982) (statute authorizing voluntary student or teacher initiated prayer at the beginning of the school day held unconstitutional); May v. Cooperman, 572 F.Supp. 1561 (D.N.J.1983) (statute authorizing a one-minute period of silence at the beginning of the school day held unconstitutional). 103 The public schools have traditionally represented, in the words of Justice Frankfurter, "the symbol of our democracy and the most pervasive means for promoting our common destiny." Illinois ex rel.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Bender v. Williamsport Area School District
3rd Cir. · 1984 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Treen v. Karen B., 455 U.S. 913 , 102 S.Ct. 1267 , 71 L.Ed.2d 455 '(1982) (statute authorizing voluntary student or teacher initiated prayer at the beginning of the school day held unconstitutional); Mag v. Cooperman, 572 F.Supp. 1561 (D.N.J.1983) (statute authorizing a one-minute period of silence at the beginning of the school day held unconstitutional).
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Treen
v.
Karen B.
No. 81-1031.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jan 25, 1982.
455 U.S. 913

Affirmed on appeal from C. A. 5th Cir.