Wilson v. Fallin’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Reynolds v. Sims · Florida v. Tyvessel Tyvorus White · Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado · Lewis v. Gober
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Upon review, the Supreme Court shall determine whether or not the apportionment order of the Commission or act of the legislature is in compliance with the formula as set forth in this Article and, if so, it shall require the same to be filed or refiled as the case may be with the Secretary of State forthwith, and such apportionment shall become final on the date of said writ. In the event the Supreme Court shall determine that the apportionment order of said Commission or legislative act is not in compliance with the formula for either the Senate or the House of Representatives as set forth in this Article, it will remand the matter to the Commission with directions to modify its order to achieve conformity with the provisions of this Article.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that the District Court has jurisdiction over challenges asserting political gerrymandering and that the standards related to 'population, compactness, area, political units, historical precedents, economic and political interest, contiguous territory' are both enforceable and sufficiently clear to guide [the district court] in the determination of such a challenge'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“While the language defining the county-based aspect of the apportionment formula must be severed, the other provisions in seetion 9A can be left standing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.