The Honorable Parren J. Mitchell v. Melvin R. Laird’s Empirical Analysis

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36 federal appellate · 27 district · 2 state decisions

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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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “would bear upon the duties of plaintiffs to consider whether to impeach defendants, and upon plaintiffs’ quite distinct and different duties to make appropriations to support the hostilities, or to take other legislative actions related to such hostilities, such as raising an army or enacting other civil or criminal legislation. In our view, these considerations are sufficient to give plaintiffs a standing to make their complaint.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edwards v. Carter · Harrington v. Bush

2. “A request for an order directing action by the Secretary of State in foreign affairs plainly constitutes such an intrusion into the core concerns of the executive branch]. Court must beware “ignoring the delicacies of diplomatic negotiation, the inevitable bargaining for the best solution of an international conflict, and the scope which in foreign affairs must be allowed to the President.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Cetacean Society v. Baldrige · American Cetacean Society v. Baldrige

3. “facing up to the question as to whether because of the war's duration and magnitude the President is or was without power to continue the war without Congressional approval,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dellums v. Bush · Tom Campbell, Member, United States House of Representatives, et al. v. William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States,