Corder v. Kirksey’s Empirical Analysis
585 F.2d 708 · 1978
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently July 1998
10 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Reynolds v. Sims · Gomillion v. Lightfoot · White v. Regester · Avery v. Midland County · Whitcomb v. Chavis
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““... two categories of inquiry in cases alleging dilution of a group’s voting power: one composed of ‘primary’ criteria and concerning the history and performance of the at-large plan, the other containing ‘enhancing’ factors and going to the existence of certain systemic devices that may enhance the underlying dilution. The primary factors include the group’s access to the political processes, e. g., slating; the responsiveness of the governing body to the particularized needs of the group; the gravity of the state policy behind the at-large method of election; and the present effect of past discrimination upon the group’s ability to participate in the electoral process. Zimmer, 485 F.2d at 1305 . The enhancing criteria are the size of the at-large district; the portion of vote required for election, i. e., majority or plurality; the presence or lack of an anti-single shot rule; and whether candidates must reside in subdistricts.” Corder v. Kirksey, 585 F.2d 708 , 712 f.n.8 (5th Cir. 1978). 6”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“apply the precepts set forth by this court sitting en banc in Zimmer v. McKeithen, 485 F.2d 1297 (5th Cir.1973) (en banc), aff'd on other grounds sub nom. East Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall, 424 U.S. 636 , 96 S.Ct. 1083, 47 L.Ed.2d 296 (1976).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Corder v. Kirksey““[T]he theory of the qualitative reapportionment action is more subtle and abstruse. This action alleges that district lines were drawn or erased so as to diminish the political input of a cognizable element of the voting population.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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