Bauer v. Maestri’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 450 So. 2d 933 - Title Research Corp. v. Rausch · Common Cause v. Internal Revenue Service · Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District v. Department of Natural Resources of the State · Common Cause v. Morial
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person who has been denied the right to inspect or copy a record under the provisions of this Chapter, either by a final determination of the custodian or by the passage of five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays, from the date of his request without receiving a final determination in writing by the custodian, may institute proceedings for the issuance of a writ of mandamus, injunctive or declaratory relief, together with attorney’s fees, costs, and damages as provided for by this Section, in the district court for the parish in which the office of the custodian is located.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“such a denial of discovery would not be dispositive of Bauer’s right to access under the Public Records Law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.