Angle v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “must obtain signatures from a number of registered votes equal to 10 percent of the votes cast in the previous general election”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schmitt v. Larose · Semple v. Griswold

2. “There is no First Amendment right to place an initiative on the ballot”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Markiewicz-Qualkinbush · Thaddeus Jones v. Michelle Qualkinbush

3. “Id. However, they serve different purposes. A ballot access requirement determines whether there is a minimum level of grassroots support for an initiative to warrant its inclusion on the ballot. An election, by contrast, measures the collective, aggregate will of the electorate. These differences suggest that the bar on district-by-district counting apparently embodied in Gray , Gordon and Reynolds does not apply to the counting of petition signatures to qualify initiatives for the ballot. Id. The Ninth Circuit does not go on to explain why the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Semple v. Williams