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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.

  1. “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 majority
    e.g. LYONS
  2. “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 majority

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.