Thompson v. Attorney General

How courts have described this case

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

• “[F]ormerly covered states may now immediately ‘enact or seek to administer’ voting laws, practices, and procedures without having to await review by the Department of Justice.” (footnote omitted)

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Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Voketz v. City of Decatur
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-09-13· cited 66×
• Rickey W. Thompson v. Lee County Democratic Party Executive Committee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2017-05-11· cited 4×
• Gary Voketz v. Decatur, Alabama, City of
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-09-13

Cites

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

• South Carolina v. Katzenbach
  Supreme Court· 1966-05-02· cited 945×
• Allen v. State Board of Elections
  Supreme Court· 1968-10-14· cited 887×
• Mississippi Power & Light Co. & Mississippi Public Service Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-05-17· cited 463×
• City of Rome v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-09· cited 419×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-04-10· cited 415×
• Shelby County v. Holder
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-25· cited 335×
• Beer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-30· cited 324×
• League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. North Carolina
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-10-01· cited 302×
• Hathorn v. Lovorn
  Supreme Court· 1982-09-09· cited 296×
• Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder
  Supreme Court· 2009-06-22· cited 241×
• Morris v. Gressette
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-20· cited 210×
• Opulent Life Church v. City of Holly Springs
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-09-27· cited 176×
• Martin v. Haith
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-23· cited 139×
• Clark v. Roemer
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-28· cited 100×
• Connor Et Al. v. Waller, Governor of Mississippi, Et Al.
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-05· cited 94×
• Lopez v. Monterey County
  Supreme Court· 1996-11-06· cited 82×
• McCain v. Lybrand
  Supreme Court· 1984-02-21· cited 81×
• Janvey v. Alguire
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-12-15· cited 76×
• State of Texas v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 2015-08-18· cited 64×
• Young v. Fordice
  Supreme Court· 1997-03-31· cited 56×

Other cases named Thompson v. Attorney General

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Thompson v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-06· cited 3×