123 F. Supp. 2d 1 - Jefferson v. Reno’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 8 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · Hutto v. Finney · State v. Simpson · National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. · Vaughn v. Rosen
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“investigate whether he violated the law or engaged in professional misconduct.”
2 later decisions 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.