Mathews v. Little’s Empirical Analysis
498 F.2d 1068 · 1974
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
September 2003
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Storer v. Brown · Jenness v. Fortson · American Party of Texas v. White · Lubin v. Panish
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] candidate who establishes that he cannot pay the fifing fee required for a place on the . . . ballot may be required to demonstrate the “seriousness” of his candidacy by persuading a substantial number of voters to sign a petition in his behalf.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nachtwey v. Doi“reasonable alternative means of ballot access [must be made available to an indigent candidate, for] a State may not, consistent with [the Equal Protection Clause], require from an indigent candidate filing fees he cannot pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nachtwey v. Doi
How this case has been treated — in progress
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