LaMorte v. Mansfield’s Empirical Analysis
438 F.2d 448 · 1971
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2002
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
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 13 U.S.C. § 9 · 15 U.S.C. § 77V (§ 22 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 555 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Hickman v. Taylor · St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States · Commercial Capital Corporation, a Corporation, G.N. Van Horn and Bert Chesnut v. Securities and Exchange Commission · White v. Jaegerman
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To the extent that a privilege exists, it is the agency’s, not the witness’. The agency is free to withdraw the veil of secrecy, and once the witness has been allowed to obtain the transcript of his testimony, it is no more privileged or confidential in his hands — absent any restriction placed by the agency on disclosure of its contents — than any other record of a previous statement would be. 438 F.2d at 451 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘If the agency had determined that the public interest required the continued nondisclosure of such information, it might have limited LaMorte to an inspection of his transcript or enjoined disclosure of its contents to third persons but then we would have had a different case.’ 438 F.2d at 452 . “Accord, White v. Jaegerman, 51 F.R.D. 161 (S.D.N.Y., 1970).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.” 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(5).”
1 later decision 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.