95 F. Supp. 2d 1215 - Cook v. Baca’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Boyd v. United States · Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he expenditure of public funds in opposition [to a citizen led constitutional amendment] violates a basic precept of this nation's democratic process. Indeed, it would seem so contrary to the root philosophy of a republican form of government . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]t some threshold level, a public entity must refrain from spending public funds to promote a partisan position during an election campaign.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[m]indful that unconstitutional practices may be their `first footing' in the `mildest and least repulsive form.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.