Block v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 22 U.S.C. § 611 (Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938) · 22 U.S.C. § 612 · 22 U.S.C. § 614
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · Sierra Club v. Morton · Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonably adapted to ... prevail upon, indoctrinate, convert, induce, or in any other way influence a recipient or any section of the public ... with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or relations”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Block v. Meese“[p]romotion and distribution through commercial and non-commercial channels of Canadian Government information, documentary and cultural films, filmstrips, and other visual aid materials.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Block v. Meese“engage[ ] within the United States in political activities for or in the interests of such foreign principal,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Block v. Meese
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.