In re Sealed Case’s Empirical Analysis
250 F.3d 764 · 2001
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act)
Relies on Douglas Oil Company of California v. Petrol Stops Northwest · United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc. · In re Sealed Case No. 98-3077 · Barry v. United States · In re Bonanno
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Rule on its face prohibits such a communication because it does not except it from the general prohibition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McKeever v. Barr
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.