National Treasury Employees Union v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
927 F.2d 1253 · 1991
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 13 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. England (2006), National Treasury Employees Union v. King (1992)
9 federal appellate · 13 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 26 U.S.C. § 7701
Relies on Elrod v. Burns · Sampson v. Murray · Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association v. Federal Power Commission, Blue Ridge Gas Company, Intervenor. Petition for Review of Order of the Federal Power Commission, No. 14583. Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association v. Federal Power Commission, Appeal From United States District Court for the District of Columbia · Wisconsin Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · State of Connecticut v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that 'the loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time,' may constitute irreparable injury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First Amendment interests are either threatened or in fact being impaired at the time relief is sought,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[m]eals or other incidents of attendance, such as waiver of attendance fees or course materials furnished as part of the event at which an appearance or speech is made.”
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.