Heltzel v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"A fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government is that government is the servant of the people and not their master. Accordingly, it is the public policy of the state that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and employees. This chapter shall be liberally construed to implement this policy and place the burden of proof for the nondisclosure of a public record on the public agency that would deny access to the record and not on the person seeking to inspect and copy the record."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Robinson v. Indiana University

2. “The Act clearly indicates that the public is to have access to the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Robinson v. Indiana University