Herbert v. Lando’s Empirical Analysis
568 F.2d 974 · 1977
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2008 · most notably Herbert v. Lando (1979), Bulow Auersperg v. Bulow
15 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. State of Alabama Patterson · Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“3. The basis for conclusions where Lando testified that he did reach a conclusion concerning the veracity of persons, information or events;”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Supreme Court has shown no enthusiasm for the creation of new constitutional privileges....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Lando answered innumerable questions about what he knew, or had seen; whom he interviewed; intimate details of his discussions with interviewees; and the form and frequency of his communications with sources. The exhibits produced included transcripts of his interviews; volumes of reporters notes; videotapes of interviews; and a series of drafts of the '60 Minutes' telecast. Herbert also discovered the contents of pre-telecast conversations between Lando and Wallace as well as reactions to documents considered by both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Herbert v. Lando
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.