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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 103 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 Wesberry v. Sanders.

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1 Wesberry v. Sanders Anchor
scotus · 1964
green “as nearly as is practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's.” 60
2 Kirkpatrick v. Preisler
scotus · 1969
green “permits only the limited population variances which are unavoidable despite a good-faith effort to achieve absolute equality, or for which justification is shown.” 22
3 Karcher v. Daggett
scotus · 1983
green “the population differences among districts could have been reduced or eliminated altogether by a good-faith effort to draw districts of equal population.” 12
4 Karcher v. Daggett
scotus · 1983
green “each significant variance between districts was necessary to achieve some legitimate goal.” 9

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