Dow Jones & Co., Inc. v. US Dept. of Justice’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson · King v. United States Department of Justice · Senate of Puerto Rico ex rel. Judiciary Committee v. United States Department of Justice · Fund for Constitutional Government v. National Archives & Records Service
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.
“could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“substantial evidence of serious and sustained misconduct by Representative St Germain,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“primary witness and the primary witness' associate.”
2 later decisions 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.