607 F. Supp. 1262 - Kemp v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently December 2017
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2510 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 32 U.S.C. § 709 (National Guard Technicians Act of 1968)
Relies on Pellicano v. United States · United States v. Mankani · Louis D. Ponce v. Walter E. Craven, Warden · United States v. Nadler · United States v. Edward J. Fisch, Ivan L. Glasscock
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One of the tests used is to ascertain whether the defendant overheard the communication with the naked ear under uncontrived circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kee v. City of Rowlett · Darlie Kee“The subjective expectation of privacy may be tested by any outward manifestations by the plaintiff that he expected his discussion with Mr. Roy in the instrument shop to be free from eavesdroppers. A comparison of what precautions he took to safeguard his privacy interest with the precautions he might reasonably have taken, is appropriate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Darlie Kee“... any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation, but such term does not include any electronic communication.”
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.