Harris v. McCrory’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2284 · 2 U.S.C. § 2A · 52 U.S.C. § 10301 · 52 U.S.C. § 10304
Relies on Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · Powell v. McCormack · Shelley v. Kraemer · Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · Thornburg v. Gingles
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, by diluting the electoral strength of individuals who voted against Republican candidates, id. ¶¶ 69-80; Common Cause Am. Compl, ¶¶ 39-45; 2. The First Amendment, by burdening - and retaliating 'against individuals who voted against Republican candidates on the basis of their political beliefs- and association, League Am, Compl. ¶¶ 81-83; Common Cause Am. Compl. ¶¶ 25-38; and 3. Article I, Section 2, which provides that members of the House of Representatives will be chosen “by the People of the several States,” by usurping the right of the voters to select their preferred candidates for Congress, Common Cause Am, Compl. ¶¶ 46-19.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an explanation by [the] legislature that because they chose to add Guilford County back into CD 12, the district ended up with an increased ability to elect African-American candidates, rather than the legislature explaining that they chose to add Guilford County back into CD 12 because of the [racial] results that addition created.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Cooper v. Harris“Because of the presence of Guilford County in the Twelfth District, we have drawn our proposed Twelfth District at a black voting age level that is above the percentage of black voting age population found in the current Twelfth District. We believe that this measure will ensure preclearance of the plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cooper v. Harris
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.