Bunning v. Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Empirical Analysis
42 F.3d 1008 · 1994
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently October 2014
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 2 U.S.C. § 431 (§ 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 439A (§ 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 453 (§ 403 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971)
Relies on Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Cipollone v. Liggett Group, 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, supersede and preempt any provision of State law with respect to election to Federal office. (b) Federal law supersedes State law concerning the— (1)Organization and registration of political committees supporting Federal candidates; (2) Disclosure of receipts and expenditures by Federal candidates and political committees; and (3) Limitations on contributions and expenditures regarding Federal candidates and political committees. (c) The Act does not supersede State laws which provides for the— (1) Manner of qualifying as a candidate or political organization; (2) Dates and places of elections; (3) Voter registration; (4) Prohibition of false registration, voting fraud, theft of ballots and similar offenses; or (5) Candidate’s personal financial disclosure.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“supersede and preempt any provision of State law with respect to election to Federal office.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Registry contends that Congressman Burning used the poll, in part, to test the waters for a possible gubernatorial run, and this constituted “exploratory activity” prohibited by the new Public Financing Campaign Act. However, ... we have grave concerns that such a construction of the statute would have a profound chilling effect on the exercise of protected rights to free association and speech.””
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.