50 U.S.C. § 781
Section 781 · Repealed. Pub. L. 103199, title VIII, 803(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2329
Applied in 102 court decisions — leading case Carlson v. Landon (1952)
Most recently applied in Hernandez Lara v. Lyons (August 2021)
Applied most in the District Circuit Circuit (27 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 18 U.S.C. § 2385 · 5 U.S.C. § 552A · 50 U.S.C. § 841
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section, acts Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, 2, 64 Stat. 987; Jan. 2, 1968, Pub. L. 90–237, § 1, 81 Stat. 765, related to Congressional finding of necessity to control subversive activities.