Stoner v. Fortson’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 2 U.S.C. § 241 · 2 U.S.C. § 431 (§ 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Baker v. Carr · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Reynolds v. Sims · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that because he is a very controversial candidate, the Act's requirement of listing the name, amount, and address of contributors contributing $101 or more to his campaign would subject such contributors to harassment and persecution, thus depriving them of their first amendment right of free speech and association.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buckley v. Valeo
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.