Dickson v. Rucho’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 2 U.S.C. § 2A · 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973C (§ 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 52 U.S.C. § 10301 · 52 U.S.C. § 10304
Relies on Baker v. Carr · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Reynolds v. Sims · Thornburg v. Gingles · City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A. Assuming application of a strict scrutiny standard and, in considering whether the Enacted Plans were narrowly tailored, was each challenged Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) district drawn in a place where a remedy or potential remedy for racially polarized voting was reasonable for purposes of preclearance or protection of the State from vote dilution claims under the Constitution or under § 2 of the VRA? B. For six specific districts (Senate Districts 31 and 32, House Districts 51 and 54 and Congressional Districts 4 and 12 - none of which is identified as a VRA district), what was the predominant factor in the drawing of those districts?”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dickson v. Rucho“endeavored to create VRA districts in roughly the same proportion as the ratio of Black population to total population in North Carolina. In other words, because the 2010 census figures established that 21% of North Carolina’s population over 18 years of age was ‘any part Black,’ the corresponding rough proportion of Senate seats, out of 50 seats, would be 10 seats, and hence 10 VRA. Senate districts. Likewise, of the 120 House seats, 21% of those seats would be roughly 25 House seats, and hence 25 VRA districts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dickson v. Rucho“state and federal constitutional and statutory requirements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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