Carcieri v. Salazar’s Empirical Analysis
555 U.S. 379 · 2009
Citation profile
159 federal appellate · 81 district · 32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 454 later decisions (30 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Corley v. United States (2009), District of Columbia v. Wesby (2018)
159 federal appellate · 81 district · 32 state decisions — followed in 11 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from First Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1151 (Indian Crimes Act of 1976) · 25 U.S.C. § 1701 (Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act) · 25 U.S.C. § 177 · 25 U.S.C. § 2 · 25 U.S.C. § 2202 · 25 U.S.C. § 461 · 25 U.S.C. § 465 · 25 U.S.C. § 468
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · United States v. Mead Corp. · Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · United States v. Mitchell
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 454 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must apply the statute according to its terms.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[1] [A]ll persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction ... [2] [A]ll persons who are descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation, and ... [3] [A]ll other persons of one-half or more Indian blood.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]ll persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction ... [A]ll persons who are descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation, and ... [A]ll other persons of one-half or more Indian blood.”
4 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.