Davis v. Federal Election Commission’s Empirical Analysis
554 U.S. 724 · 2008
Citation profile
373 federal appellate · 173 district · 56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,164 later decisions (29 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Clapper v. Amnesty International USA (2013), Clapper v. Amnesty International USA (2013)
373 federal appellate · 173 district · 56 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 2 U.S.C. § 437H (§ 310 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 441A (§ 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 441A (§ 315a of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971)
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Buckley v. Valeo · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey
Cited together with Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Buckley v. Valeo · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · Warth v. Seldin
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 1,164 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the proof required to establish standing increases as the suit proceeds, the standing inquiry remains focused on whether the party invoking jurisdiction had the requisite stake in the outcome when the suit was filed.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] plaintiff must demonstrate standing for each claim he seeks to press and for each form of relief that is sought.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an actual controversy must be extant at all stages of review , not merely at the time the complaint is filed.”
16 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.