Daggett v. Kimmelman’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions

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1. “'permits only the limited population variances which are unavoidable despite a good-faith effort to achieve absolute equality, or for which justification is shown.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Karcher v. Daggett · Karcher, Speaker, New Jersey Assembly, Et Al. v. Daggett Et Al.

2. “[Appellants] have not attempted to demonstrate, nor can they demonstrate, any causal relationship between the goal of preserving minority voting strength in the Tenth District and the population variances in the other districts. . . . We find that the goal of preserving minority voting strength in the Tenth District is not related in any way to the population deviations in the Fourth and Sixth Districts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Karcher v. Daggett

3. “goal but also with recognizing such factors as the preservation of the cores of pre-existing districts, the preservation of municipal boundary lines, and the preservation of the districts of incumbent Democratic Congressmen. Chapter 1 creates 14 congressional districts with an overall absolute range of deviation of 3,674 people and an overall relative range of deviation of 0.6984% from the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. KARCHER, SPEAKER, NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY, Et Al. v. DAGGETT Et Al.