Low v. Whitman’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
8 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 105
Relies on Tax Analysts v. Internal Revenue Service · Simplex Time Recorder Co. v. Secretary of Labor · Jennings v. Family Management · Church of Scientology of Boston v. Internal Revenue Service · Alexander v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he movant must articulate specific facts to support its request and cannot rely on speculative or conclusory statements ... Moreover, in the case of a protective order related to deposition testimony, courts regard the complete prohibition of a deposition as an [sic] ‘extraordinary measures [ ] which should be resorted to only in rare occasions’ ... Accordingly, courts apply a balancing test weighing the movant’s proffer of harm against the adversary’s ‘significant interest’ in preparing for trial.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peskoff v. Faber
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.