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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 31 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Carrie Meek v. Metropolitan Dade County.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carrie Meek v. Metropolitan Dade County Anchor | green | “whether a given minority candidate who has long enjoyed electoral success is the preferred representative requires appraisal of local facts within the ken of the district court and best left to it.” | 6 |
| 2 | Solomon v. Liberty County, Fla. | green | “the more recent history of elections in liberty county shows consistent electoral success by the black candidate of choice for public office,” | 5 |
| 3 | City Of Carrollton Branch Of The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People v. Stallings | green | “the election of a black to the city council in carrollton, and the city councils of villa rica and temple, the election of a black as mayor of the city of whitesburg and the election of a black to the carrollton school board.” | 4 |
| 4 | City Of Carrollton Branch Of The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People v. Stallings | green | “no black had ever been elected.” | 4 |
| 5 | Nipper v. Smith | green | “an item of circumstantial evidence is irrelevant only if it does not allow the trier of fact reasonably to infer anything about whether or not the voting strength of the minority group has been impermissibly diluted.” | 4 |
| 6 | Solomon v. Liberty County, Fla. | green | “plaintiffs correctly conceded that there was no racial motivation behind the 1900 amendment to the florida constitution of 1885, which provided for at-large election of county commissioners.” | 4 |
| 7 | Solomon v. Liberty County, Fla. | green | “the local democratic executive committee has sponsored well-attended rallies to which all candidates were invited and which the black candidates attended.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.