Duncan v. Poythress’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

79 federal appellate · 7 district · 6 state decisions

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 163 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the election process itself reaches the point of patent and fundamental unfairness, a violation of the due process clause may be indicated and relief under § 1983 therefore in order. Such a situation must go well beyond the ordinary dispute over the counting and marking of ballots.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Roe v. Alabama ex rel. Evans · Roe v. Mobile Cty. Appointing Board

2. ““Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Forenza v. Rodgers · Ponterio v. Koch

3. ““the extraordinary decision to stay federal adjudication ... [a] district court must carefully assess the totality of circumstances presented by a particular case. This requires a broad inquiry which should include consideration of the rights at stake and the costs of delay pending state court adjudication.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Louisiana Debating & Literary Ass'n v. City of New Orleans · 27 F. Supp. 2d 754 - N.W. Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Houston