155 F. Supp. 2d 1355 - Johnson v. Hamrick’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Thornburg v. Gingles · Johnson v. De Grandy · Shaw v. Reno · Growe v. Emison · Magnolia Venture Capital Corp. v. Mississippi Department of Economic & Community Development
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the city's boundaries are rough and asymmetrical . . . [and] the non-contiguous portions [of the proposed districts] are separated by unincorporated areas and are relatively near the districts to which they are joined”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vieth v. Jubelirer“important not because they are constitutionally required . . . but because they are objective factors that may serve to defeat a claim that a district has been gerrymandered on racial lines.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vieth v. Jubelirer“compactness, contiguity, and respect for political subdivisions,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vieth v. Jubelirer
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.