Davis v. Synhorst’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Aetna Life Ins Co of Hartford Conn v. Haworth · Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · Brown v. Board of Education · Skinner v. State of Oklahoma Williamson
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The House of Representatives shall consist of not more than one hundred and eight members. The Ratio of representation shall be determined by dividing the whole number of the population of the state as shown by the last preceding state or national census, by the whole number of counties then existing or organized, * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“but no county shall be entitled to more than one (1) senator”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he Senate shall be composed of fifty members”
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.