Kade v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vaughn v. Rosen · National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish · State ex rel. James v. Ohio State University · Chairman, Criminal Justice Commission v. Freedom of Information Commission · Trombley v. Bellows Falls Union High School District No. 27
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.
“personal documents relating to an individual, including information in any files maintained to hire, evaluate, promote or discipline any employee of a public agency, information in any files relating to personal finances, medical or psychological facts concerning any individual or corporation; provided, however, that all information in personnel files of an individual employee of any public agency shall be made available to that individual employee or his or her designated representative.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.