Scott v. Schedler’s Empirical Analysis
771 F.3d 831 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973G (§ 9 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · Nken v. Holder · Procter & Gamble Co. v. Amway Corp. · Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now v. Fowler · Adam Robert v. Keller Independent School District
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may provide written notice of the violation to the chief election official of the State involved. (2) If the violation is not corrected within 90 days after receipt of a notice under paragraph (1) ..., the aggrieved person may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation. (3) If the violation occurred within 30 days before the date of an election for Federal office, the aggrieved person need not -provide notice to the chief election official of the State under paragraph (1) before bringing a civil action under paragraph (2).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] warning letter cannot be 'too vague' such that the recipient does not have 'an opportunity to attempt compliance ... before facing litigation.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If you are not registered to vote where you live now, would you like to apply to register to vote here today?” 52 U.S.C. § 20506 (6)(B)(i). In December 2014, Section 7 Defendants replaced this voter preference question with the question under the NVRA, but did not change the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Action NC v. Strach
How this case has been treated — in progress
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