Williams v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 1 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he legislative history and the case law interpreting [the D.C. Speech or Debate Clause] make clear that it is modeled on the Speech or Debate Clause of the United States Constitution.” Williams v. Johnson, 597 F.Supp.2d 107, 112 (D.D.C.2009) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 859 F. Supp. 2d 125 - Payne v. District of Columbia

2. “but not limited to: Everything said, written or done during legislative sessions, meetings, or investigations of the Council or any committee of the Council, and everything said, written, or done in the process of drafting and publishing legislation and legislative reports.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gouse v. Dist. of Columbia

3. “to discuss a matter raised at the hearing and to receive information concerning alleged wrongdoing at an agency,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gouse v. Dist. of Columbia