150 F. Supp. 2d 691 - Robertson v. Bartels’s Empirical Analysis

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3 district · 3 state decisions

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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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No person shall be a member of the General Assembly who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years and have been a citizen and resident of the State for two years, and of the district for which he shall be elected one year, next before his election. [N.J. Const, art. IV, § 1,112.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Contest of November 8, 2011 General Election of Office of New Jersey General Assembly · 890 F. Supp. 2d 519 - Robertson v. Bartels

2. “The State is divided into forty districts from each of which there are elected one Senator and two Assembly members. The cities of Newark and Jersey City encompass several districts. Geographical regions of the State consist of many districts. As demonstrated by the recent redistricting that followed the year 2000 census, the boundaries of these districts are not firmly established. Rather they are subject to revision each ten years to ensure that they meet one-person one-vote requirements and other constitutional and statutory mandates. * * * The lack of substance to the State’s interest in the one-year residency requirement becomes more apparent when one considers the circumstances that prevail in New Jersey’s two major cities — Newark and Jersey City. Each is split into three separate legislative districts. District lines run down the middle of streets and through the heart of local neighborhoods. Population mobility is high in these cities, particularly in Newark which has a high percentage of poor and minority residents. Simply by moving across the street a person could find himself or herself subject to the one-year residency requirement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 890 F. Supp. 2d 519 - Robertson v. Bartels

3. “New Jersey’s one-year residency requirement for candidates for the Senate and General Assembly does not survive a strict scrutiny inquiry and is, therefore, violative of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. Consequently the defendants’ motion for summary judgment ... will be denied. Plaintiffs have not cross- moved for summary judgment, but if such motion were filed it would most likely be granted. [Id. at 699.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 427 N.J. Super. 410 - In re Contest of November 8, 2011 General Election of Office of New Jersey General Assembly, Fourth Legislative District