13 Cal. 3d 757 - White v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 3 district · 620 state decisions

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 665 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'mischiefs' " that the Privacy Initiative addressed were: "(1) 'government snooping' and the secret gathering of personal information; (2) the overbroad collection and retention of unnecessary personal information by government and business interests; (3) the improper use of information properly obtained for a specific purpose, for example, the use of it for another purpose or the disclosure of it to some third party; and (4) the lack of a reasonable check on the accuracy of existing * records.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 3 Cal. 5th 561 - Lewis v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty. · 38 Cal. 3d 199 - Robbins v. Superior Court

2. “does not purport to prohibit all incursion into individual privacy but rather [requires] that any such intervention must be justified by a compelling interest.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 27 Cal. 3d 123 - City of Santa Barbara v. Adamson · 3 Cal. 5th 531 - Williams v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty.

3. “‘The right of privacy is the right to be left alone. It is a fundamental and compelling interest. It protects our homes, our families, our thoughts, our emotions, our expressions, our personalities, our freedom of communion and our freedom to associate with the people we choose.’”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 Cal. 3d 12 - Doyle v. State Bar · 38 Cal. 3d 199 - Robbins v. Superior Court