McLain v. Meier’s Empirical Analysis
637 F.2d 1159 · 1980
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 12 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably In re Election of November 6, 1990 for the Office of Attorney General (1991), Lawrence v. Blackwell (2005)
30 federal appellate · 12 district · 5 state decisions
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Dunn v. Blumstein · Williams v. Rhodes · Storer v. Brown · Bullock v. Carter
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A candidate who wishes to be a party candidate should not be compelled to adopt independent status in order to participate in the electoral process. As the Supreme Court has recognized, “the political party and the independent candidate approaches to political activity are entirely different and neither is a satisfactory substitute for the other.” Storer v. Brown, supra, [ 415 U.S. 724, 745 , 94 S.Ct. 1274, 1286 , 39 L.Ed.2d 714 (1974) ]. The Constitution requires that the access requirements as to both party-backed and independent candidates be reasonable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“There are options and initially the State has the choice of the options it may select. If new legislation is enacted there will be time enough for its validity to be determined judicially. Of course, if the State does not act and if it undertakes to enforce the statutes as now written, injunctive relief may be necessary. But that can be done within the framework of another lawsuit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“that a relatively high signature requirement may be constitutionally acceptable when coupled with an opportunity to approach voters for signatures at a date less remote from the general election....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Dart v. Brown
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.