Voting Integrity Project, Inc. v. Bomer’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 2 U.S.C. § 7 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Gibbons v. Ogden · Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“state laws that 'interfere with, or are contrary to the laws of congress, made in pursuance of the constitution' are invalid.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martha L. Millsaps“combined actions of voters and officials meant to make a final selection of an officeholder”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martha L. Millsaps
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.