Fish v. Kobach’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
9 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 52 U.S.C. § 20501 · 52 U.S.C. § 20504 · 52 U.S.C. § 20505 · 52 U.S.C. § 20508 · 52 U.S.C. § 20510 · 8 U.S.C. § 1373 (§ 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996)
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Warth v. Seldin · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(2) The voter registration application portion of an application for a State motor vehicle driver's license- .... (B) may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to- (i) prevent duplicate voter registrations; and (ii) enable State election officials to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other parts of the election process; (C) shall include a statement that- (i) states each eligibility requirement (including citizenship); (ii) contains an attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement; and (iii) requires the signature of the applicant, under penalty of perjury. 142”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Fish v. Kobach · Fish v. Kobach“shall serve as an application for voter registration with respect to elections for Federal office.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Fish v. Kobach · Fish v. Kobach“(l)The county election officer or secretary of state’s office shall accept any completed application for registration, but an applicant shall not be registered until the applicant has provided satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship. Evidence of United States citizenship as required in this section will be satisfied by presenting one of the documents listed in paragraphs (1) through (13) of subsection (l) in person at the time of filing the application- for registration or by including a photocopy of one of the following documents with a mailed registration application. After a person has submitted satisfactory evidence of citizenship, the county election officer shall indicate this information in the person’s permanent voter file. Evidence of United States citizenship shall be satisfied by providing one of the following, or a legible photocopy of one of the following documents: (1) The applicant’s driver’s license or nondriver’s identification card issued by the division of vehicles or the equivalent governmental agency of another state within the United States if the agency indicates on the applicant’s driver’s license or nondriver’s identification card that the person has provided satisfactory proof of United States citizenship; (2) the applicant’s birth certificate that verifies United States citizenship to the satisfaction of the county election officer or secretary of state; • (3) pertinent pages of the applicant’s United States valid or expired passport iden”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fish v. Kobach
How this case has been treated — in progress
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