Yamada v. Snipes’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.3d 1182 · 2015
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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) · 2 U.S.C. § 441A (§ 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 441C (§ 317 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 2 U.S.C. § 441D (§ 318 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Buckley v. Valeo · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · Ward v. Rock Against Racism
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) using express words, including but not limited to “vote”, “oppose”, “support”, “elect”, “defeat”, or “reject”, that call for the nomination, election, or defeat of one or more clearly identified candidates, the election or defeat of one or more political parties, or the passage or defeat of one or more ballot issues submitted to voters in an election; or (b) otherwise referring to or depicting one or more clearly identified candidates, political parties, or ballot issues in a manner that is susceptible of no reasonable interpretation other than as a call for the nomination, election, or defeat of the candidate in an election, the election or defeat of the political party, or the passage or defeat of the ballot issue or other question submitted to the voters in an election.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ensures that the electorate has information about groups that make political advocacy a priority, without sweeping into its purview groups that only incidentally engage in such advocacy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“designate officers, disclose its bank account information, and designate a treasurer responsible for recording contributions and expenditures and maintaining records for five years,”
1 later decision 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.