Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton’s Empirical Analysis
566 U.S. 189 · 2012
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 11 district · 11 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1401 (§ 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Sierra Club v. Morton · Burford v. Sun Oil Co.
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“merely 'because the issues have political implications.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[1] a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; or [2] a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; or [3] the impossibility of deciding without an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial discretion; or [4] the impossibility of a court’s undertaking independent resolution without expressing lack of the respect due coordinate branches of government; or [5] an unusual need for unquestioning adherence to a political decision already made; or [6] the, potentiality of embarrassment from multifarious pronouncements by various departments on one question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.