Hewes v. Abrams’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently January 2012
4 federal appellate ·
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. § 2403
Relies on Anderson v. Celebrezze · Storer v. Brown · McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · Jenness v. Fortson · Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.
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.
“Where, as here, the plaintiff has not shown invidious discrimination based upon wealth or race classifications or a preclusion of the right to vote, heightened scrutiny is not required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“avoid[ ] confusion, deception, and even frustration of the democratic process at the general election.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Prestia v. O'Connor“[U]nder Jenness a standardized 5% signature requirement would be constitutional ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Prestia v. O'Connor
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.