Farrakhan v. Gregoire’s Empirical Analysis
623 F.3d 990 · 2010
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Heck v. Humphrey · Arizona v. California · McCleskey v. Kemp · Thornburg v. Gingles · Allen v. State Board of Elections
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.
“[T]he legal landscape has materially changed. Plaintiffs sought to enjoin operation of the prior statute. That prospective relief is no longer available.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Veasey v. Abbott“concluded that felon disenfranchisement laws are categorically exempt from challenges brought under section 2 of the VRA”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thompson v. State
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.