189 F. Supp. 2d 502 - Smith v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. “[I]f it is not clear ... by January 7, 2002, that the State authorities can have a redistricting plan in place by March 1,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Branch v. Smith · 866 So. 2d 429 - Mauldin v. Branch

2. “`the Constitution leaves with the States primary responsibility for apportionment of their federal congressional ... districts,'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Branch v. Smith