Rodriguez v. Pataki’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2284 · 2 U.S.C. § 2A · 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973B (§ 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973C (§ 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Allen v. McCurry
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“members of the minority group are not a majority of the relevant voting population but nonetheless have the ability to elect representatives of their choice with support from a limited but reliable white crossover vote.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“where minority voters may not be able to elect a candidate of choice but can play a substantial, although not decisive, role in the electoral process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“an impairment of the minority's ability to influence the outcome of the election, rather than to determine it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.