18 U.S.C. § 591
Section 591 · Repealed. Pub. L. 96187, title II, 201(a)(1), Jan. 8, 1980, 93 Stat. 1367]
Applied in 102 court decisions — leading case Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
Most recently applied in 793 F. Supp. 2d 825 - Janvey v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Inc. (June 2011)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 18 U.S.C. § 608 · 2 U.S.C. § 434 · 2 U.S.C. § 431
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 719; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, 9, 63 Stat. 90; Sept. 22, 1970, Pub. L. 91–405, title II, § 204(d)(4), 84 Stat. 853; Feb. 7, 1972, Pub. L. 92–225, title II, § 201, 86 Stat. 8; Oct. 15, 1974, Pub. L. 93–443, title I, §§ 101(f)(2), 102, 88 Stat. 1268, 1269; May 11, 1976, Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 115(g), title II, 202, 90 Stat. 496, 497, defined terms applicable to prohibitions respecting elections and political activities.