Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
368 federal appellate · 108 district · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 942 later decisions (28 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria (1983), City of Lafayette Louisiana v. Louisiana Power & Light Company (1978)
368 federal appellate · 108 district · 26 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedBanco Nacional de Cuba v. First National City Bank of New York (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 22 U.S.C. § 2370
Relies on Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · Desist v. United States · United States v. Lee · Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks Department · Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba
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 942 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“exercise only those powers that can also be exercised by private citizens.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Every sovereign State is bound to respect the independence of every other sovereign State, and the courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another done within its own territory. Redress of grievances by reason of such acts must be obtained through the means open to be availed of by sovereign powers as between themselves.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“a sovereign cannot, without his consent, be made a respondent in the courts of another sovereign.”
8 later decisions 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.