Leigh v. Salazar’s Empirical Analysis
677 F.3d 892 · 2012
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 1333 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Turner v. Safley · Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Branzburg v. Hayes · Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · Press-Enterprise Company v. Superior Court of California Riverside County
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether historical experience counsels in favor of public access, and (2) whether public access would play a 'significant positive role in the functioning of the particular process in question.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Boardman v. Inslee“attempts to access a wide range of civil and administrative government activities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Boardman v. Inslee“By reporting about the government, the media are ' surrogates for the public .'”
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.