Yelverton v. Driggers

How courts have described this case

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

• violation of one person, one vote principle alleged as to city voting wards; such claim must be based primarily upon population figures
• power to modify equitable decrees is \inherent in the jurisdiction of chancery\
• power to modify equitable decrees is “inherent in the jurisdiction of chancery”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Woodland Hills Residents Ass'n v. City Council of Los Angeles
  California Supreme Court· 1979-04-03· cited 376×
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Sessions
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-06-14· cited 62×
• George Wallace, Sr. v. J. P. House, Individually and as Registrar of Voters of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, L. W. Davis, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-07-07· cited 53×
• Carr v. Montgomery County Board of Education
  M.D. Alabama· 1974-05-22· cited 34×
• Williams v. City of Dothan
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-11-05· cited 34×
• Williams v. City of Dothan
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-06-05· cited 34×
• Nevett v. Sides
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-06-08· cited 29×
• McGill v. Gadsden County Commission
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-06-29· cited 22×
• Williams v. City of Dothan, Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-11-05· cited 21×
• Williams v. City of Dothan, Alabama
  First Circuit· 1987-06-05· cited 11×
• Martin v. Venables
  D. Connecticut· 1975-09-08· cited 10×
• Blacks United for Lasting Leadership, Inc. v. City of Shreveport
  W.D. Louisiana· 1976-07-16· cited 10×
• Jim Robinson v. J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Attorney General of the United States of America, William P. Nunn, Intervenors-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-04-24· cited 7×
• Pitts v. Busbee
  N.D. Georgia· 1975-06-02· cited 7×
• Stokes v. Lecce
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1974-11-11· cited 4×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-06-29
• Ago
  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1978-03-02
• Ago
  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1978-04-14

Cites

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

• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 2,178×
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-01-26· cited 1,683×
• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 1,644×
• Hecht Co. v. Bowles
  Supreme Court· 1944-02-28· cited 1,232×
• Allen v. State Board of Elections
  Supreme Court· 1968-10-14· cited 887×
• White v. Regester
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 771×
• Whitcomb v. Chavis
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 658×
• Gaffney v. Cummings
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 507×
• Burns v. Richardson
  Supreme Court· 1966-04-25· cited 476×
• Mahan v. Howell
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-02· cited 441×
• Arthur Ray PARHAM, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., Appellee
  Eighth Circuit· 1970-10-28· cited 441×
• Charles F. Zimmer, Stewart Marshall, Intervenor-Appellant v. John J. McKeithen
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-09-12· cited 411×
• Northcross v. Memphis Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-04· cited 385×
• Fortson v. Dorsey
  Supreme Court· 1965-01-18· cited 383×
• Moody v. Flowers
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-22· cited 299×
• Connor v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-14· cited 191×
• Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-06-11· cited 137×
• Sims v. Amos
  M.D. Alabama· 1972-03-17· cited 125×
• Wyatt v. Stickney
  M.D. Alabama· 1972-04-13· cited 120×
• Shirley Lea, Romona Pinnix and Annie Tinnin v. Cone Mills Corporation, Shirley Lea, Romona Pinnix and Annie Tinnin v. Cone Mills Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1971-01-29· cited 113×