Frank v. Forest County’s Empirical Analysis
336 F.3d 570 · 2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · Thornburg v. Gingles · McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · Growe v. Emison · Chapman v. Meier
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.
“enough that good reasons can be given for the action, whether or not they were articulated in advance of the action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“harder [it is] to create districts of equal population”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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