Smith v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1344 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Vaughn v. Rosen · Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson · National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“balanc[ing] the public interest in disclosure against the [privacy] interest Congress intended the Exemption to protect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The practice of the FBI is to assert Exemption 6 in conjunction with Exemption 7(C).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.