Rice v. Sinkfield’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 13 U.S.C. § 141
Relies on Sibron v. State of New York Peters · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Sosna v. Iowa · Moore v. Ogilvie · City of Birmingham v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that plaintiffs' challenge to state election law was not moot, even after the challenged election was completed, because the plaintiffs could challenge the law with respect to future elections.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.