Phillips v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
836 F.3d 707 · 2016
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 52 U.S.C. § 10301
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Reynolds v. Sims · United States v. Mead Corp.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“given the need for states to structure their political subdivisions in innovative ways, there is no fundamental right to have local officials elected.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“violate[d] their substantive due process right to elect local legislative officials.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act.”
2 later decisions 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.