Federer v. Gephardt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 8 district ·

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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) a conspiracy; (2) for the purpose of depriving another of the “equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws”; (3) an act in furtherance of the conspiracy; and (4) an injury to a person or property, or the deprivation of a legal right.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stamm v. Cnty. of Cheyenne · 680 F. Supp. 2d 1021 - Jihad v. Fabian

2. “or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States; or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 515 F. Supp. 2d 944 - McCabe v. MacAulay

3. “If two or more persons in any State ... conspire ... for the purpose of depriving ... any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws ... the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 450 F. Supp. 2d 928 - McCabe v. MacAulay