Thompson v. Hebdon’s Empirical Analysis
909 F.3d 1027 · 2018
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Buckley v. Valeo · M'Culloch v. State of Maryland · Dunn v. Blumstein · Gregory v. Ashcroft
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'focuses narrowly on the state's interest,' 'leaves the contributor free to affiliate with a candidate,' and 'allows the candidate to amass sufficient resources to wage an effective campaign,'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the quantum of evidence necessary to justify a legitimate state interest is low: the perceived threat must be merely more than 'mere conjecture' and 'not ... illusory.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“McCutcheon and Citizens United created some doubt as to the continuing vitality of [this] standard,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.