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← 186 USAPPDC 397 - Ralpho v. Bell

Ralpho v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

1977

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
June 1979
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973B (§ 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973C (§ 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 50 U.S.C. App. § 2020

Relies on Califano v. Sanders · Weinberger v. Salfi · Leedom v. Kyne · Johnson v. Robison · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Lurk

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “Id. We think such a distinction is crucial. Cf. Califano v. Sanders, 430 U.S. 99 , 109, 97 S.Ct. 980, 986, 51 L.Ed.2d 192, 202 (1977); Weinberger v. Salfi, 422 U.S. 749 , 762, 95 S.Ct. 2457, 2465, 45 L.Ed.2d 522, 537 (1975) (Johnson”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “the extremely significant interests represented by claims of racial discrimination,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “that procedural due process issues may not be withdrawn from judicial review.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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