Sutton v. Dunne’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Gaffney v. Cummings · Mahan v. Howell · White v. Weiser · Kirkpatrick v. Preisler · Abate v. Mundt
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The Transition Schedule of the 1970 Illinois Constitution recognized as ‘representational’ the form of government extant in Cook County at the time of the adoption of the Constitution when, in sec. 5(b) on LOCAL GOVERNMENT, it provided for change in that government as follows: (b) In Cook County, until (1) a method of election of county board members different from the method in existence on the effective date of this Constitution is approved by a majority of votes cast both in Chicago and in the area outside Chicago in a county-wide referendum or (2) the Cook County Board by ordinance divides the county into single member districts from which members of the county board resident in each district are elected, the number of members of the Cook County Board shall be fifteen except that the county board may increase the number if necessary to comply with apportionment requirements. This section established that the Cook County government at the Constitution’s adoption was a lawful one, recognized and substantiated by the only law controlling home rule units, the Illinois Constitution. The Constitution also gives to home rule units the power to change their form of government. (f) A home rule unit shall have the power subject to approval by referendum to adopt, alter or repeal a form of government provided by law, except that the form of government of Cook County shall be subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this article. 1970 Ill. Const., Art. VII, sec. 6(f). Section 3(c) ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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