Mac Govern v. Connolly

How courts have described this case

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

• holding prejudice included “enormous disruption to Massachusetts voters, to candidates, and to the electoral process”
• applying laches to bar injunctive relief for plaintiffs claiming the state legislative maps where not equally apportioned under the Equal Protection Clause
• applying laches to bar injunctive relief for plaintiffs claiming the state legislative maps where not equally apportioned under the Equal Protection Clause

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State Center, LLC v. Lexington Charles Ltd. Partnership
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-03-27· cited 97×
• Jeffers v. Clinton
  E.D. Arkansas· 1990-01-26· cited 74×
• White v. Daniel
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-07-23· cited 73×
• Ross v. State Board of Elections
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-06-23· cited 67×
• Liddy v. Lamone
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-29· cited 53×
• White v. Daniel
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-08-16· cited 32×
• Schade v. Maryland State Board of Elections
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-08-24· cited 25×
• Cardona v. OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST., CAL.
  N.D. California· 1992-02-25· cited 16×
• Cunningham v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
  W.D. Washington· 1990-09-06· cited 14×
• Pileggi v. Aichele
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-02-08· cited 10×
• McComb v. Superior Court
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1997-07-25· cited 9×
• Diaz v. Silver
  E.D. New York· 1996-07-17· cited 9×
• Fouts v. Harris
  S.D. Florida· 1999-10-25· cited 8×
• Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board
  S.D. Indiana· 1990-06-27· cited 7×
• Montano v. Suffolk County Legislature
  E.D. New York· 2003-06-21· cited 6×
• Chestnut v. Merrill
  N.D. Alabama· 2019-03-27· cited 4×
• Flores v. Town of Islip
  E.D. New York· 2019-05-28· cited 4×
• French v. Boner
  M.D. Tennessee· 1991-06-27· cited 1×
• Rebecca Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2023-12-22· cited 1×
• Opinion No.
  Arkansas Attorney General Reports· 1991-11-27

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Scheuer v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-17· cited 13,385×
• Baker v. Carr
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 6,173×
• Hishon v. King & Spalding
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-22· cited 5,292×
• Reynolds v. Sims
  Supreme Court· 1964-10-12· cited 3,703×
• Gray v. Sanders
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 785×
• Whitcomb v. Chavis
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 658×
• Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. Epstein
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 515×
• Roman v. Sincock
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 317×
• Brown v. Thomson
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 283×
• Swann v. Adams
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 280×
• University of Pittsburgh, a Non Profit Corporation v. Champion Products Inc., a Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1982-12-13· cited 111×
• Erhardt v. Boaro
  Supreme Court· 1885-03-02· cited 105×
• Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. Beens
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-29· cited 87×
• Maryland Citizens for a Representative General Assembly v. Governor of Maryland
  Fourth Circuit· 1970-07-09· cited 73×
• Henry P. Carr v. Israel Learner
  First Circuit· 1976-12-27· cited 22×
• Farnum v. Burns
  D. Rhode Island· 1982-08-11· cited 13×
• Simkins v. Gressette
  D. South Carolina· 1980-05-21· cited 6×