Baum v. Lunding’s Empirical Analysis
535 F.2d 1016 · 1976
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Williams v. Rhodes · Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · Goosby v. Osser · Weisberg v. Powell
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To establish a denial of equal protection a candidate for public office must [allege and] prove the existence of an intentional or purposeful discrimination by the election authorities in which one class is favored over another.” Baum v. Lunding, 535 F.2d 1016, 1018 (7th Cir. 1976).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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