Pope v. Easley’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Guilford County Board of Adjustment · State Ex Rel. Martin v. Preston · McIntyre v. Clarkson · Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner · Bayard v. . Singleton
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test for severability is whether the remaining portion of the legislation can stand on its own and whether the General Assembly would have enacted the remainder absent the offending portion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Allen · State v. Allen“An act of the General Assembly is accorded a `strong presumption of constitutionality' and is `presumed valid unless it conflicts with the Constitution. '”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he power [that] remains with the people ... is exercised through the General Assembly....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.