Vaughn v. Rosen’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 820 · 1973
Citation profile
581 federal appellate · 706 district · 84 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,783 later decisions (9 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2026 · most notably Holloway v. Arkansas (1978), Department of the Air Force v. Rose (1976)
581 federal appellate · 706 district · 84 state decisions — followed in 24 states
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 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 28 U.S.C. § 292 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink · Soucie v. David · Schmerler Ford, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Getman v. National Labor Relations Board
Cited together with Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink · Department of the Air Force v. Rose · National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Jones v. Nor-Tex Agencies, Inc.
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 1,783 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“specifically exempted from disclosure by statute.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a relatively detailed analysis in manageable segments.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the burden is on the agency to sustain its action.”
17 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.