United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.’s Empirical Analysis
567 F.2d 121 · 1977
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service (1979), In re Sealed Case (1997)
24 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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 Baker v. Carr · United States v. Nixon · Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · New York Times Company v. United States · Myers v. United States
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the resolution of conflict between the coordinate branches in these situations must be regarded as an opportunity for a constructive modus vivendi which positively promotes the functioning of our system. The Constitution contemplates such accommodation. Negotiation between the two branches should thus be viewed as a dynamic process affirmatively furthering the constitutional scheme.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walker v. Cheney“the fortuity that documents sought by a congressional subpoena are not in the hands of a party claiming injury from the subpoena should not immunize that subpoena from challenge by that party. * * * The fact that the Executive is not in a position to assert its claim of constitutional right by refusing to comply with a subpoena does not bar the challenge * * * .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“What the cases establish is that the immunity from judicial inquiry afforded by the Speech or Debate Clause is personal to members of Congress. Where they are not harassed by personal suit against them, the clause cannot be invoked to immunize the congressional subpoena from judicial scrutiny.”
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.