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← 301 FSUPP2D 249 - Shannon v. Jacobowitz

Shannon v. Jacobowitz’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
May 2006
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Griffin v. Burns · Gold · MTR. OF DELGADO v. Sunderland · Wilcox v. Smith · State v. Eaton

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

  1. “[finally, there is no danger of a vacancy necessitating the challenged winner to take office”, id., since Candidate Messercola is still listed as the Legislator in the 29th District, and William Mel-chionni is listed at this time, at least according to some sources, as Legislator in the 26th District. See http: //www.albanycounty.com/ departments/legislature/legislator.asp?id= 165 (last visited May 21, 2006) (although the 26th District’s Legislator is listed as”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “in District 14 was 47.1%. Id. at 252. In contrast, the next highest rate of non-participation recorded in any district in the Supervisor race was 7.1%, and the non-participation rate on the other machine in District 14 was 1.49%. Id. 6 The district court further noted that approximately one month after the election, a voting machine technician examined and tested the machine and determined that”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “the mechanical wheel which operates the counter on Line 11B malfunctioned in such a way as to not advance each time the lever was pulled by a voter on Line 11B.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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