Wilson v. Symm’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1971 (Civil Rights Act of 1957) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Reynolds v. Sims · Dunn v. Blumstein · Carrington v. Rash · Colegrove v. Green · Evans v. Cornman
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Accordingly, this Court concludes that Article 5.08(k), on its face and as applied by defendant Symm, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal Constitution. 341 F.Supp. 8, 17 (1972).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless he intends to remain there and to make that place his home indefinitely after he ceases to be a student.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whatley v. Clark“one's home and fixed place of habitation to which he intends to return after any temporary absence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whatley v. Clark
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.