Hopfmann v. Connolly’s Empirical Analysis
746 F.2d 97 · 1984
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Powell v. McCormack · Storer v. Brown · Hicks v. Miranda · Mandel v. Bradley · Rosario v. Rockefeller
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the test to determine whether or not the 'restriction' amounts to a 'qualification' within the meaning of Article I, Section 3, is whether the candidate 'could be elected if his name were written in by a sufficient number of electors.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thorsted v. Gregoire“for want of [a] substantial federal question”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hopfmann v. Connolly
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.