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← 921 FSUPP2D 888 - Jones v. McGuffage

Jones v. McGuffage’s Empirical Analysis

2013

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
August 2018
most recently cited

1 district ·

Relationships

Relies on Williams v. Rhodes · Anderson v. Celebrezze · Storer v. Brown · Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party · Jenness v. Fortson

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “). On the other hand, the status quo in Michigan dishonors Plaintiffs' constitutional rights to ballot access and a wide latitude in their choice of public officials; to freely associate and advance their political beliefs; and to cast their votes meaningfully and effectively. With this in mind, the Court picks a number that is supported by the limited evidence in this case, and which it "believes provides a constitutionally valid balancing of the competing interests at stake in this dispute.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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