Hellebust v. Brownback’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
June 2018
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Reynolds v. Sims · Gray v. Sanders · Holt Civic Club v. City of Tuscaloosa · Salyer Land Company v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
Most-quoted passages
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“Once the geographical unit for which a representative is to be chosen is designated, all who participate in the election are to have an equal vole — whatever their race, whatever their sex, whatever their occupation, whatever their income, and wherever their home may be in that geographical unit. This is required by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The concept of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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