Benisek v. Lamone’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
June 2019
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2284 · 2 U.S.C. § 2C
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Baker v. Carr · Elrod v. Burns · Bell v. Hood · Reynolds v. Sims
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.
“' purposely dilut[ing] the weight of certain citizens' votes to make it more difficult for them to achieve electoral success because of the political views they have expressed through their voting histories and party affiliations.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“immunize state congressional apportionment laws which debase a citizen's right to vote from the power of courts to protect the constitutional rights of individuals from legislative destruction, a power recognized at least since our decision in Marbury v. Madison [ 1 Cranch 137 , 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803) ].... The right to vote is too important in our free society to be stripped of judicial protection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“because the Constitution commits district apportionment to political departments [and] it is quintessentially a political process ... courts cannot invalidate a redistricting map merely because its drafters took political considerations into account in some manner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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