Goldwater v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
617 F.2d 697 · 1979
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Vander Jagt v. O'Neill (1983), Chiles v. Thornburgh (1989)
28 federal appellate · 10 district ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 1822 (Driftnet Impact)
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Baker v. Carr · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · Flast v. Cohen
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a complete nullification [of a past vote] or withdrawal of a voting opportunity.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a diminution in a legislator's effectiveness, subjectively judged by him or her”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Poovey v. Edmisten · Russell v. P“Congress has a variety of powerful tools for influencing foreign policy decisions that bear on treaty matters. Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, it can regulate commerce with foreign nations, raise and support armies, and declare war. It has power over the appointment of ambassadors and the funding of embassies and consulates. Congress thus retains a strong influence over the President’s conduct in treaty matters. “As our political history demonstrates, treaty creation and termination are complex phenomena rooted in the dynamic relationship between the two branches of our government.””
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.