George v. Hargett’s Empirical Analysis
879 F.3d 711 · 2018
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Allen v. McCurry · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Reynolds v. Sims · Anderson v. Celebrezze · England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Most-quoted passages
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“An actionable due process claim may also be implicated where a state's election process impaired citizens' ability to participate in state elections on an equal basis with other qualified voters.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]ll who participate in the election are to have an equal vote--whatever their race, whatever their sex, whatever their occupation, whatever their income, and wherever their home may be.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he right of suffrage can be denied by a debasement or dilution of the weight of a citizen's vote just as effectively as by wholly prohibiting the free exercise of the franchise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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