Osterberg v. Peca’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

208

cited by 208 later decisions

states following

April 2019

most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 201 state decisions

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso))

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2252 · 2 U.S.C. § 431 (§ 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 434 (§ 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971)

Relies on Buckley v. Valeo · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Carnegie v. United States · Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 208 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“It is the court's charge, not some other unidentified law, that measures the sufficiency of the evidence when the opposing party fails to object to the charge.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
e.g. American Protection Insurance Co. v. Leordeanu · Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Garza
“(a)A person who knowingly makes or accepts a campaign contribution or makes a campaign expenditure in violation of this chapter is liable for damages as provided by this section. (b) If the contribution or expenditure is in support of a candidate, each opposing candidate whose name appears on the ballot is entitled to recover damages under this section. (c) If the contribution or expenditure is in opposition to a candidate, the candidate is entitled to recover damages under this section.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. King Street Patriots, Catherine Engelbrecht, Bryan Engelbrecht, and Diane Josephs v. Texas Democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa, Successor to Boyd Richie, in His Capacity as Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party John Warren, in His Capacity as Democratic Nominee for Dallas County Clerk And Ann Bennett, in Her Capacity as the Democratic · Delay v. State
“A general-purpose committee may not knowingly make or authorize a political contribution or political expenditure unless the committee has: (1) filed its campaign treasurer appointment not later than the 60th day before the date the contribution or expenditure is made; and (2) accepted political contributions from at least 10 persons.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Catholic Leadership Coalition v. Reisman · Catholic Ldrship Coaltn of TX v. David Reis

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.