541 F. Supp. 613 - Cosner v. Robb’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973C (§ 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Baker v. Carr · Reynolds v. Sims · Hughes v. Rowe · Royster Guano Co v. Commonwealth of Virginia
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It has consistently been recognized that pendent jurisdiction is a doctrine of discretion, not of plaintiff’s right. Its justification lies in considerations of judicial economy, convenience and fairness to litigants; if these are not present a federal court should hesitate to exercise jurisdiction over state claims, even though bound to apply state law to them.... Needless decisions of state law should be avoided both as a matter of comity and to promote justice between the parties, by pro curing for them a surer-footed reading of applicable law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cline v. Robb
How this case has been treated — in progress
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