Samuel R. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
55
cited by 55 later decisions
March 2006
most recently cited
24 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Olson v. 86-1 · In Re Oliver L. North (Dutton Fee Application) · In Re Oliver L. North (Bush Fee Application) · In re Sealed Case · Nofziger v. 87-1
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the investigative act generating the defensive costs would, in the absence of the Act, have been pursued by other authorities — `had the case been handled by the Department of Justice or other executive authorities rather than the Independent Counsel' — then Congress did not contemplate the award of counsel fees.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prejudiced by the Department of Justice's failure to comply with the substantial protective features of the Act.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Pierce · In re Espy“cannot hold that the Attorney General and other investigative authorities would not have pursued allegations as deep and widespread as those revealed by the Independent Counsel's investigations had there been no such Act.”
8 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.