Rattigan v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
689 F.3d 764 · 2012
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 17 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Department of the Navy v. Egan · Ag Supply Inc Farm Advantage Incs v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc · Center for National Security Studies v. U.S. Department of Justice · Kansas v. Ventris · Ryan v. Reno
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Egan's absolute bar on judicial review covers only security-related decisions made by trained Security Division personnel and does not preclude all review of decisions by other FBI employees who merely report security concerns”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Berry v. Conyers · Toy v. Holder“'that agency employees acted with a ... discriminatory motive in reporting or referring information [to security clearance authorities] that they knew to be false'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“insulate[ ] from Title VII all decisions that might bear upon an employee's eligibility to access classified information.”
4 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.