Clapper v. Amnesty International USA’s Empirical Analysis
568 U.S. 398 · 2013
Citation profile
68 federal appellate · 63 district · 13 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 1801 (§ 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978) · 50 U.S.C. § 1881a · 50 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 2 of the National Security Act of 1947)
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Younger v. Harris · Buckley v. Valeo · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc
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 629 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“threatened injury must be certainly impending to constitute injury in fact”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Although imminence is concededly a somewhat elastic concept, it cannot be stretched beyond its purpose, which is to ensure that the alleged injury is not too speculative for Article III purposes-that the injury is certainly impending.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“usurp the powers of the political branches.”
7 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.