McBurney v. Cuccinelli’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 20 district ·

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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all public records shall be open to inspection and copying by any citizens of the Commonwealth during the regular office hours of the custodian of such records. Access to such records shall not be denied to citizens of the Commonwealth, representatives of newspapers and magazines with circulation in the Commonwealth, and representatives of radio and television stations broadcasting in or into the Commonwealth.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McBurney v. Young · 780 F. Supp. 2d 439 - McBurney v. Cuccinelli

2. “The irreducible constitutional minimum of standing requires (1) an injury in fact—a harm suffered by the plaintiff that is concrete and actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; (2) causation—a fairly traceable connection between the plaintiffs injury and the complained-of conduct of the defendant; and (3) redressability—a likelihood that the requested relief will redress the alleged injury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crumbling v. Miyabi Murrells Inlet, LLC · 970 F. Supp. 2d 407 - Roman v. Guapos III, Inc.

3. “issue prospective, injunctive relief against a state officer to prevent ongoing violations of federal law, on the rationale that such a suit is not a suit against the state for purposes of the Eleventh Amendment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wei-ping Zeng v. Marshall University · S.C. Elec. & Gas Co. v. Randall