Jabara v. Kelley’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently July 2007 · most notably Daniel Ellsberg, v John N. Mitchell (1983), Halkin v. Helms (1978)
6 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 793 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · United States v. Nixon · Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · Alderman v. United States · United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the term 'military or state secrets' is amorphous in nature, it should be defined in the light of 'reason and experience,' much in the same way that the term 'national defense' has been defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 793: i.e., a 'generic concept of broad connotations, referring to the military and naval establishments and the related activities of national preparedness.' "); VIII WIGMORE, EVIDENCE (McNaughton rev.1961) Sec. 2378(2), at 794 (The privilege protects "matters relating to international relations, military affairs and public security.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The passage of time has a profound effect upon such matters, and that which is of utmost sensitivity one day may fade into nothing more than interesting history within weeks or months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here must be a formal claim of privilege, lodged by the head of the department which has control over the matter, after actual personal consideration by that officer.”
1 later decision 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.