Allen v. Milligan

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding the district court’s findings “that political campaigns in Alabama had been ‘character- ized by overt or subtle racial appeals’” and “that ‘Alabama’s exten- sive history of repugnant racial and voting-related discrimination is undeniable and well documented’”
• “The Fifteenth Amendment … prohibits States from acting with a ‘racially discriminatory motivation’ or an ‘invidious purpose’ to discriminate.”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vote.Org v. Paxton
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-12-15· cited 25×
• Norton v. Richardson
  D. Maryland· 1972-12-22· cited 21×
• Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
  Supreme Court· 2024-05-23· cited 18×
• January Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-03-12· cited 15×
• Brinkmann v. Town of Southold, New York
  Second Circuit· 2024-03-13· cited 4×
• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Michael Howe
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-05-14· cited 1×
• Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2025-01-30

Cites

48 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2006-02-22· cited 6,493×
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 4,496×
• Washington v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-07· cited 3,450×
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 2,518×
• Bartlett v. Strickland
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-09· cited 2,505×
• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-21· cited 2,166×
• City of Boerne v. Flores
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-25· cited 1,926×
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 1,322×
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-11· cited 1,277×
• Thornburg v. Gingles
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 1,221×
• Johnson v. De Grandy
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 1,107×
• Plessy v. Ferguson
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-18· cited 1,034×
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach
  Supreme Court· 1966-05-02· cited 945×
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 802×
• City of Mobile v. Bolden
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-22· cited 783×
• White v. Regester
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 771×
• Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co.
  Supreme Court· 1932-04-11· cited 745×
• Shaw v. Reno
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 739×
• Grutter v. Bollinger
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-23· cited 668×