Davis v. Commonwealth Election Commission’s Empirical Analysis
844 F.3d 1087 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Northern Mariana Islands District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 52 U.S.C. § 10101
Relies on Morton v. Mancari · Allen v. State Board of Elections · Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji · City of Mobile v. Bolden · Terry v. Adams
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“born or domiciled in the Northern Mariana Islands by 1950 and ... a citizen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands before the termination of the Trusteeship with respect to the Commonwealth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Guam“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Guam“[L]imits on who may own land are quite different-conceptually, politically, and legally-than limits on who may vote in elections to amend a constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Guam
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.