Stout v. Bottorff’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
March 1970
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Reynolds v. Sims · Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado · Fortson v. Dorsey · Roman v. Sincock
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.
““We have been shown no evidence in these records of any discrimination, purposeful or otherwise, against any group of voters in the at-large election system in Marion County, and in the absence of such a showing, Grills (one of the plaintiffs in Stout) is not entitled to any relief on the basis of this claim. Fortson v. Dorsey, 379 U.S. 433, 438-439 , 85 S.Ct. 498 , 13 L.Ed.2d 401 (1965); Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 at 577 , 84 S.Ct. 1362 , 12 L.Ed.2d 506 .” Stout v. Bottorff, supra, at 829. [Parenthetical matter added.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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