Perry v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 7 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2284 · 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973C (§ 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Whitcomb v. Chavis · Miller v. Johnson · Chapman v. Meier · Connor v. Finch
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“primarily the duty and responsibility of the State.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“take guidance from the State's recently enacted plan in drafting an interim plan,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Evenwel v. Abbott“displac[e] legitimate state policy judgments with the court's own preferences.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.