Stone v. Stovall’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2281
Relies on Dunn v. Blumstein · Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections Butts · Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · Cipriano v. City of Houma · Turner v. Fouche
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Fifth. This decree is intended in no way to render invalid bond elections already held or bonds already issued.””
1 later decision 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.