Dulcan v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
April 1978
most recently cited
2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Reynolds v. Sims
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the case of the first election held for office of member of the Council after the effective date of this title, not more than two of the at-large members (excluding the Chairman) shall be nominated by the same political party. Thereafter, a political party may nominate a number of candidates for the office of at-large member of the Council equal to one less than the total number of at-large members (excluding the Chairman) to be elected in such election.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Hechinger v. Martin“Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, at no time shall there be more than three members (including the Chairman) serving at large on the Council who are affiliated with the same political party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Hechinger v. Martin
How this case has been treated — in progress
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