Galvan v. Press’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
750 federal appellate · 106 district · 113 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,438 later decisions (95 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Monroe v. Pape (1961), Flemming v. Nestor (1960)
750 federal appellate · 106 district · 113 state decisions — followed in 19 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedGalvan v. Press (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Calder et Wife, v. Bull et Wife. · American Communications Ass'n v. Douds · Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · Carlson v. Landon
Cited together with Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · Kleindienst v. Mandel · Carlson v. Landon · Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei
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 1,438 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]hat the formulation of these policies is entrusted exclusively to Congress has become about as firmly embedded in the legislative and judicial tissues of our body politic as any aspect of our government.”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n the enforcement of these policies, the Executive Branch of the Government must respect the procedural safeguards of due process.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“joining an organization known as the Communist Party which operates as a distinct and active political organization * * *.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dickhoff v. Shaughnessy · G-Q
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.