Session v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Johnson v. De Grandy · Growe v. Emison · U. S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton · Voinovich v. Quilter · Abrams v. Johnson
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““that the political processes leading to nomination or election in the State or political subdivision are not equally open to participation by members of a class of citizens protected by subsection (a). .. in that its members have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.” § 1973(b).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“`a source of power to dictate electoral outcomes, to favor or disfavor a class of candidates, or to evade important constitutional restraints.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Vieth v. Jubelirer“extreme partisan gerrymandering leads to a system in which the representatives choose their constituents, rather than vice-versa.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Vieth v. Jubelirer
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.