Pratt v. Webster’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. · Vaughn v. Rosen · Jones v. Nor-Tex Agencies, Inc. · Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whose principal function is criminal law enforcement.”
1 later decision 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.