Hoover v. United States Department of the Interior’s Empirical Analysis
611 F.2d 1132 · 1980
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 12 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairss v. Klamath Water Users Protective Association (2001), Ia Durbin Inc v. Jefferson National Bank Aia (1986)
23 federal appellate · 12 district · 5 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 4601 (Uniform Relocation Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 4651 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Department of the Air Force v. Rose · Landis v. North American Co. · Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“provided in Rule 35(b) 7 or upon a showing of exceptional circumstances under which it is impracticable for the party seeking discovery to obtain facts or opinions on the same subject by other means.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a special need for the opinions and recommendations of temporary consultants”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“seeking disclosure under Rule 26(b)(4)(B) carries a heavy burden”
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.