Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission’s Empirical Analysis
558 U.S. 310 · 2010
Citation profile
632 federal appellate · 309 district · 376 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments) · 18 U.S.C. § 608 (§ 202 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 610 · 26 U.S.C. § 301 · 26 U.S.C. § 501 · 26 U.S.C. § 527 · 2 U.S.C. § 431 (§ 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 434 (§ 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971)
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Buckley v. Valeo · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
Cited together with Buckley v. Valeo · McConnell United States Senator et al. v. Federal Election Commission et al. · Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · United States v. Stevens
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 2,155 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“influence over or access to elected officials,”
154 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The First Amendment protects political speech; and disclosure permits citizens and shareholders to react to the speech of corporate entities in a proper way. This transparency enables the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“disclosure is a less restrictive alternative to more comprehensive regulations of speech.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.