775 F. Supp. 821 - Perry v. Grant’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
November 2006
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Williams v. Rhodes · Anderson v. Celebrezze · Storer v. Brown
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is not the courts' function to weigh the procedure chosen by the state legislature against the feasibility of less burdensome alternatives it could have chosen.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the fact that the total number of signatures required fluctuates with election results does not render it unconstitutional.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Two percent is not an inherently unreasonable or unduly burdensome signature requirement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.