Robison v. Francis’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Michigan v. Long · Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · Toomer v. Witsell · Paul v. Virginia · Sugarman v. Dougall
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.
“The fact that ... a statute [may] satisfy the requirement[s] of the United States Constitution does not mean that the same statute will pass muster under ... the Alaska Constitution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Id. [465 U.S.] at 222, 104 S.Ct. at 1030 , 79 L.Ed.2d at 261 . While Alaska's unemployment is chronically high due in large part to unique conditions in rural areas, the economy of the state does not seem remotely comparable to the picture of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“non-residents from public construction jobs so that more jobs will be available to Alaskans ... is not a permissible justification for discrimination under the privileges and immunities clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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