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234 F. Supp. 721 - Drueding v. Devlin’s Empirical Analysis

1964

Citation profile

29
cited by 29 later decisions
4
cited 4 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
October 1972
most recently cited

9 district · 3 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343

Relies on Baker v. Carr · Reynolds v. Sims · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Wesberry v. Sanders · Gray v. Sanders

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

  1. ““it may be noted, that the Supreme Court declined to intervene in such eases until it was convinced that there was little hope that the several state legislatures would take remedial action.” 234 F.Supp. at 725 .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “The Court cannot say that the requirements of the Maryland Constitution and statutes in question here are so unreasonable that they amount to an irrational or unreasonable discrimination.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[p]laintiffs herein may take some comfort; however, in the fact that they have set in motion the procedures for what appears to be a desirable reform. 234 F.Supp. at 725 .”
    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.