Williams v. Elrod’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1994
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Block v. Allen · Butler v. Democratic State Committee · 238 F. Supp. 290 - Yancey v. Faubus · Catlett v. Jones
Most-quoted passages
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“Four-year terms for senators, reapportionment, and drawing by lots are thoroughly embedded in our law. Those principles are found in every Arkansas Constitution, four in all, since 1836. Having harmonized for 131 years, it is not reasonable to believe that the electorate intended to sever those provisions merely by approving the customary four-year term for senators. Repeal by implication is not favored.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Moore v. McCuen
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