Gilbert A. Cuneo v. James A. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 1086 · 1973
Citation profile
94 federal appellate · 19 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 152 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2023 · most notably National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (1975), Department of the Air Force v. Rose (1976)
94 federal appellate · 19 district · 3 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
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Relies on Vaughn v. Rosen · Schmerler Ford, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Getman v. National Labor Relations Board · Bristol-Myers Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · Sterling Drug Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
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 152 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“instructions to staff that affect a member of the public; . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“specifically exempted from disclosure by statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Except with respect to the records made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, each agency, upon any request for records which (A) reasonably describes such records and (B) is made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any), and procedures to be followed, shall make the records promptly available to any person.”
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.