Rocap v. Indiek’s Empirical Analysis
539 F.2d 174 · 1976
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 9 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently May 2012 · most notably Board of Trustees of Woodstock Academy v. Freedom of Information Commission (1980), Connecticut Humane Society v. Freedom of Information Commission (1991)
15 federal appellate · 9 district · 5 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
Relies on Richards v. United States · Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink · United States v. Orleans · Freeling v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he term “agency” as defined in section 551(1) of this title includes any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The organizational structure of the Corporation exhibits many characteristics similar to those of other governmental entities subject to the Freedom of Information Act. It is federally chartered, its Board of Directors is Presidentially appointed, it is subject to close governmental supervision and control over its business transactions, and to federal audit and reporting requirements. In addition, the Corporation is expressly designated an ‘agency,’ and its employees are officers and employees of the United States, for a number of purposes. Like other agencies, it is empowered ‘to make and enforce such bylaws, rules, and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes or provisions of [its enabling act].’ 12 U.S.C. § 1452 (b)(8).” Id. at 180 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“subject to such substantial federal control over its day-to-day operations”
3 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.