French v. Boner’s Empirical Analysis
963 F.2d 890 · 1992
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently April 2013
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
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Relies on Reynolds v. Sims
Most-quoted passages
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“whether the City [of Nashville, Tennessee] ha[d] a constitutional duty to rerun the elections held just after the new decennial census data became available in 1991 but before the old apportionment plan could be changed and a new one put into prior to the impending election.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. 814 F. Supp. 1327 - Fairley v. Forrest County, Miss. · Political Action Conference of Illinois, Timuel Black, Al Johnson, Joseph Gardner, Timothy C. Wright, Jackie Grimshaw, William Moorehead, Danny Davis, Jr., Maxine Spencer, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Richard M. Daley, City Council of the City of Chicago, Board of Elections Commission of the City of Chicago, Jim Edgar, Governor, Roland W. Burris, Attorney General, State of Illinois Board of Election Commissioners, and Anthony C. Laurino, Patrick Huels, Bernard Hansen, John Madrzyk, Ginger Rugai, Mark Fary, John J. Buchanon, Theris M. Gabinski, William Banks, Patrick O'connor, Eugene Schulter, Lemuel Austin, Jr., Richard Mell, Patrick Levar, James J. Laski, Edwin Eisendrath, Thomas Cullerton, Bernard L. Stone, Mary A. Smith, Thomas W. Murphy, Michael Wojcik, Carole Bialczak, Theodore Mazola, Edward M. Burke, Intervenors-Appellees. Daniel Ramos, League of Women Voters of Chicago, Linda D. Coronado, Eleanor Elam, Betty Willhoite, Mimi Gilpin, Dietrich Reitzes, Hilde Reitzes, Josefina Gallegos, Roberto E. Gonzalez, Puerto Rican Parade Committee v. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Michael J. Hamblet, Chairman, State Board of Election Commissioners, John J. Lanigan, Chairman, Richard M. Daley, Mayor of the City of Chicago, City Council of the City of Chicago, James R. Edgar, Governor of the State of Illinois, Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Patrick Huels, Mark Fary, John Madrzyk, Edward M. Burke, Arenda Troutman, Carole Bialczak, Theris M. Gabinski, Richard Mell, Lemuel Austin, Jr., William Banks, Anthony C. Laurino, Patrick O'connor, Burton Natarus, Edwin Eisendrath, Bernard Hansen, Patrick Levar, Eugene Schulter, Mary A. Smith, Bernard L. Stone, Theodore Mazola, Thomas W. Murphy, Ginger Rugai, James J. Laski, Michael Wojcik, Thomas Cullerton, Intervenors-Appellees
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