Daniel Donnelly v. Dennis M. Lynch

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• the restrictive view of federal taxpayer standing may apply to state taxpayer standing as well, but not to municipal taxpayer standing
• the restrictive view of federal taxpayer standing may apply to state taxpayer standing as well, but not to municipal taxpayer standing
• “because the City’s ownership and use of the nativity scene is an act which discriminates between Christian and non-Christian religions it must be evaluated under the test of strict scrutiny.” (Slip op. at 16

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Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lynch v. Donnelly
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-05· cited 1,263×
• District of Columbia Common Cause v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-09-20· cited 132×
• Conrad v. City & County of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-12-06· cited 98×
• Pelphrey v. Cobb County, Ga.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-10-28· cited 73×
• Schneider v. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 1990-10-24· cited 41×
• American Atheists, Inc. v. City of Detroit Downtown Development Authority
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-05-28· cited 33×
• Members of the Jamestown School Committee v. Dr. Thomas C. Schmidt, as Commissioner of Education of the State of Rhode Island
  First Circuit· 1983-01-19· cited 29×
• Greater Houston Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union v. Eckels
  S.D. Texas· 1984-05-22· cited 25×
• Fausto v. Diamond
  D. Rhode Island· 1984-06-19· cited 12×
• McCreary v. Stone
  S.D. New York· 1983-12-08· cited 11×
• Smith v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BD. OF SCHOOL
  Sixth Circuit· 2011-02-11· cited 10×
• Hinrichs v. Bosma
  S.D. Indiana· 2006-01-24· cited 9×
• American Civil Liberties Union v. Wilkinson
  E.D. Kentucky· 1988-12-14· cited 8×
• American Civil Liberties Union v. County of Allegheny
  Third Circuit· 1988-03-15· cited 8×
• Dooley v. Quick
  D. Rhode Island· 1984-11-19· cited 6×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1990-12-20· cited 4×
• American Civil Liberties Union v. County Of Allegheny
  Third Circuit· 1988-04-19· cited 3×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-04-15· cited 2×
• Smith v. Jefferson County Board of School Commissioners
  Sixth Circuit· 2011-02-11· cited 2×
• Policastro v. City of Boston
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2005-11-08· cited 1×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-12· cited 4,651×
• Flast v. Cohen
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 3,484×
• Lemon v. Kurtzman
  Supreme Court· 1971-10-12· cited 3,142×
• Massachusetts v. Mellon
  Supreme Court· 1923-06-11· cited 1,546×
• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 1,430×
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 1,370×
• United States v. Richardson
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 847×
• Larson v. Valente
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-07· cited 826×
• Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 720×
• Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 651×
• Coleman v. Miller
  Supreme Court· 1939-06-05· cited 641×
• Doremus v. Board of Ed. of Hawthorne
  Supreme Court· 1952-03-31· cited 512×
• Crampton v. Zabriskie
  Supreme Court· 1880-05-10· cited 186×
• Donnelly v. Lynch
  D. Rhode Island· 1981-11-10· cited 27×
• Citizens Concerned for Separation of Church & State v. City & County of Denver
  D. Colorado· 1981-12-04· cited 12×