PG Publishing Co. v. Aichele’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “We have recognized that public access to judicial proceedings provides many benefits, including [1] promotion of informed discussion of governmental affairs by providing the public with the more complete understanding of the [proceeding]; [2] promotion of the public perception of fairness which can be achieved only by permitting full public view of the proceedings; [3] providing a significant community therapeutic value as an outlet for community concern, hostility and emotion; [4] serving as a check on corrupt practices by exposing the [proceeding] to public scrutiny; [5] enhancement of the performance of all involved; and [6] discouragement of [fraud],”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Delaware Coalition for Open Government, Inc. v. Strine

2. “(1) that [it] was treated differently from other similarly situated [entities], and (2) 'that this selective treatment was based on an unjustifiable standard, such as race, or religion, or some other arbitrary factor, ... or to prevent the exercise of a fundamental right.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Checker Cab Phila. v. Phila. Parking Auth.

3. “balances the interests of the People in observing and monitoring the functions of their government against the government's interest and/or long-standing historical practice of keeping certain information from public scrutiny”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re Avandia Mktg.