21 Wis. 2d 119 - Stelloh v. Liban’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2003 · most notably McCray v. State of Illinois (1967), Guenther v. Holmgreen (1984)
3 federal appellate · 35 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · McDonald v. United States · Jencks v. United States · State ex rel. Ampco Metal, Inc. v. O'Neill · 39 Ala. App. 575 - Dixon v. State
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The plaintiff admits, as well he must, that there exists a privilege based on public policy on behalf of the government not to disclose the names of the informers. This is a general rule in criminal cases. 8 Wigmore, Evidence (McNaughton rev.), p. 761, sec. 2374; see also Anno. 76 A.L.R. (2d) 262. The basis for the privilege is grounded upon the duty of every citizen to aid in the enforcement of the law. To encourage such citizen participation in law enforcement, it is essential the informer's identity not be disclosed. Regardless of the informer's motive, he is entitled to protection for 'himself and his family from harm, to preclude adverse social reactions and to avoid the risk of defamation or malicious prosecution”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the privilege of nondisclosure of identity applies to a civil suit for the same reason it exists in a criminal action.”
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.