Epstein v. Resor’s Empirical Analysis
421 F.2d 930 · 1970
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2010 · most notably Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink (1973), Soucie v. David (1971)
19 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · American Mail Line, Ltd. v. Gulick · General Services Administration v. Benson
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(6) personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Soucie v. David“specifically required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of the national defense or foreign policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Soucie v. David
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.