Zaharakis v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 711 · 1984
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1382 (§ 1611 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on United States v. Larionoff · Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · Batterton v. Marshall · Avoyelles Sportsmen's League, Inc. v. Marsh · Louisiana v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n individual may not raise an FOIA claim based on an agency's failure to publish a rule or regulation, unless he makes an 'initial showing' that 'he was adversely affected by the lack of publication....'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“would have been able to pursue an alternative course of conduct”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability formulated and adopted by the agency”
2 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.