28 U.S.C. § 1252
Section 1252 · Repealed. Pub. L. 100352, 1, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 662]
Applied in 142 court decisions — leading case Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. (1978)
Most recently applied in NELSON v. STRICKLAND (January 2025)
Applied most in the Supreme Court Circuit (65 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 42 U.S.C. § 402 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 928; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, 47, 65 Stat. 726; July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85–508, § 12(e), (f), 72 Stat. 348; Mar. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–3, § 14(a), 73 Stat. 10, provided for direct appeals to Supreme Court from decisions invalidating Acts of Congress.