Benisek v. Lamone’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Landis v. North American Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that those responsible for the map redrew the lines of [their] district with the specific intent to impose a burden on [them] and similarly situated citizens because of how they voted or the political party with which they were affiliated”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benisek v. Lamone“The Court remains open to the possibility that the evidence Plaintiffs have adduced, when subject to robust cross-examination and the development that only a trial can bring, may satisfy Plaintiffs' burden of proof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[T]he razor's-edge Sixth District race in 2014 is evidence that suggests significant party-crossover voting and calls into doubt whether the State engineered an effective gerrymander.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.