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715 F. Supp. 2d 1012 - Thomas v. Cate’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited

1 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)

Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · Upjohn Company v. United States · National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Collins v. Youngblood

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

  1. “(1) the relevance of the evidence; (2) the availability of other evidence; (3) the government's role in the litigation; and (4) the extent to which disclosure would hinder frank and independent discussion regarding contemplated policies and decisions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[Plaintiffs'] need for the materials and the need for accurate fact-finding override the government's interest in nondisclosure.”
    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.