28 Cited authorities

  1. Farrar v. Hobby

    506 U.S. 103 (1992)   Cited 3,577 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an award of nominal damages, but not purely declaratory relief, suffices for prevailing party status
  2. Elrod v. Burns

    427 U.S. 347 (1976)   Cited 4,219 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that local government could not constitutionally base public employment opportunities on political affiliation or nonaffiliation
  3. Plyler v. Doe

    457 U.S. 202 (1982)   Cited 3,012 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens
  4. Carey v. Piphus

    435 U.S. 247 (1978)   Cited 3,570 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that nominal damages are appropriate when a plaintiff's constitutional rights have been infringed but he cannot show further injury
  5. Reynolds v. Sims

    377 U.S. 533 (1964)   Cited 2,829 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis"
  6. Calderon v. Ashmus

    523 U.S. 740 (1998)   Cited 610 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a prisoner may not use a declaratory judgment action to determine the validity of a defense that a State might raise in a future habeas proceeding
  7. Dunn v. Blumstein

    405 U.S. 330 (1972)   Cited 1,519 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding unlawful a state law permitting only residents who have lived in state for one year to vote
  8. Bush v. Gore

    531 U.S. 98 (2000)   Cited 503 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to comply with the Equal Protection Clause, a state must employ adequate and uniform standards when conducting a recount of ballots
  9. Williams v. Rhodes

    393 U.S. 23 (1968)   Cited 1,194 times
    Holding that the right to freedom of political association “rank among our most precious freedoms”
  10. Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Haworth

    300 U.S. 227 (1937)   Cited 3,448 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a request for a declaratory judgment regarding an insured's disability was justiciable
  11. Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,530 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment
  12. Section 67.1401 - Definitions

    Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1401   Cited 4 times

    1. Sections 67.1401 to 67.1571 shall be known and may be cited as the "Community Improvement District Act". 2. For the purposes of sections 67.1401 to 67.1571, the following words and terms mean: (1)"Approval" or "approve", for purposes of elections pursuant to sections 67.1401 to 67.1571, a simple majority of those qualified voters voting in the election; (2)"Assessed value", the assessed value of real property as reflected on the tax records of the county clerk of the county in which the property