Bisceglia v. Acheson’s Empirical Analysis
196 F.2d 865 · 1952
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
July 1965
most recently cited
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 801
Relies on Savorgnan v. United States · Hichino Uyeno v. Acheson · 98 F. Supp. 166 - Tomasicchio v. Acheson · Miranda v. Clark · Acheson v. Wohlmuth
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.
“There can be no serious dispute that a mayoralty election is a 'political election' in any ordinary and reasonable meaning of the phrase, and we must assume--nothing to the contrary appearing— that Congress used the language in its usual sense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. LYONS“A person who is a national of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization, shall lose his nationality by: * * * (e) Voting in a political election in a foreign state ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Longobardi v. Dulles
How this case has been treated — in progress
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