Doe v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 3409 · 12 U.S.C. § 3414 · 15 U.S.C. § 1681U (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1681V · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 16 U.S.C. § 773I (Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982) · 18 U.S.C. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1505
Relies on Katz v. United States · United States v. Nixon · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Ward v. Rock Against Racism
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Required Certification. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or his designee in a position not lower than Deputy Assistant Director at Bureau headquarters or a Special Agent in Charge in a Bureau field office designated by the Director, may— (1) request the name, address, length of service, and local and long distance toll billing records of a person or entity if the Director (or his designee) certifies in writing to the wire or electronic communication service provider to which the request is made that the name, address, length of service, and toll billing records sought are relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, provided that such an investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely on the basis of activities protected by the first amend ment to the Constitution of the United States; and (2) request the name, address, and length of service of a person or entity if the Director (or his designee) certifies in writing to the wire or electronic communication service provider to which the request is made that die information sought is relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, provided that such an investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Duty to provide. A wire or electronic communication service provider shall comply with a request for subscriber information and toll billing records information, or electronic communication transactional records in its custody or possession made by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under subsection (b) of this section.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities . . . .”
2 later decisions 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.