Wilson v. Central Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
586 F.3d 171 · 2009
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2709 (§ 201 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 3511 · 44 U.S.C. § 3301 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 50 U.S.C. § 421 (§ 601 of the National Security Act of 1947)
Relies on Buckley v. Valeo · Garcetti v. Ceballos · Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · New York Times Company v. United States · United States v. Reynolds
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“made public through an official and documented disclosure.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is as specific as the information previously released,”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may not be invoked to prevent public disclosure when the government has officially disclosed the specific information being sought.”
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.