Buckley v. Valeo’s Empirical Analysis

1975

Citation profile

cited by 9 later decisions

cited 1 times by the Supreme Court

November 1979

most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 26 U.S.C. § 9008 · 26 U.S.C. § 9011 · 2 U.S.C. § 437H (§ 310 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971)

Relies on Atlas Life Ins Co v. W I Southern · Lowden v. Northwestern Nat Bank & Trust Co of Minneapolis Minn · Alphonse Emsheimer v. City of New Orleans

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“As to the majority's apparent view that this case must conform to normal judicial procedures of initial decision and appellate review, I think that the entire thrust of the review provision added by the 1974 Amendments was intentionally to make this case sui generis. In that regard, I would prefer selection as Special Master of an Article III judge to consider discovery requests and organize the already bulky factual presentations. The parties could then make motions for judgment in this court on the basis of the factual submissions. The majority's desire to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Buckley v. Valeo
“in conjunction with the absence of any time provision relative to the District Court to mean that the case should be transmitted to this court immediately, if the trial judge finds any valid constitutional question raised by any person with standing to raise it. That was the understanding of the trial judge and I concur in it. The Memorandum and Order of January 24, 1975 specifically stated:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Buckley v. Valeo
“3 See Lowden v. Northwestern Nat. Bank & Trust Co., 298 U.S. 160 , 162, 56 S.Ct. 696, 697, 80 L.Ed. 1114 (1936); Atlas Ins. Co. v. Southern, Inc., 306 U.S. 563 , 571-573, 59 S.Ct. 657, 83 L.Ed. 987 (1939); Emsheimer v. New Orleans, 186 U.S. 33 , 22 S.Ct. 770, 46 L.Ed. 1042 (1902). In Lowden, supra, the Court took the view that it would not answer questions on certification that were”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Buckley v. Valeo

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