Ditlow v. Shultz’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Getman v. National Labor Relations Board · National Parks & Conservation Ass'n v. Morton · Rural Housing Alliance v. United States Department of Agriculture · Robles v. Environmental Protection Agency
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.
“names, ages, citizenship, residency, permanent addresses, addresses while in the United States, the names and relationship of family members, personal finances, when and where their visas were issued, and all acquisitions while abroad, including the price thereof”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ditlow v. Shultz“will involve a balancing of interests between the protection of an individual's private affairs from unnecessary public scrutiny, and the preservation of the public's right to governmental information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ditlow v. Shultz“an implicit limitation that the information, once disclosed, be used only by the requesting party and for the public interest purpose upon which the balancing was based.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ditlow v. Shultz
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.