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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 23 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 United States v. Fordice.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Fordice Anchor
scotus · 1992
green “a state does not discharge its constitutional obligations until it eradicates policies and practices traceable to its prior de jure dual system that continue to foster segregation.” 8
2 United States v. City of Yonkers
nysd · 1993
green “burden of showing that these achievement disparities result from vestiges of segregation is not a heavy one.” 4
3 United States v. City of Yonkers
nysd · 1993
green “little or no correlation between the adequacy of a particular school facility and its prior racial identification.” 4
4 United States v. City of Yonkers
nysd · 1993
green “suffered from a lack of adequate base data” 4
5 Wessmann v. Gittens
ca1 · 1998
green “anecdotal evidence alone can establish institutional discrimination only in the most exceptional circumstances.” 3

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