Radio & Television News Ass'n of Southern California v. United States District Court for the Central District of California’s Empirical Analysis
781 F.2d 1443 · 1986
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023 · most notably Dow Jones & Company, Inc. v. Stanley Simon (1988), Focus v. Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas (1996)
21 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Branzburg v. Hayes · Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · Pell v. Procunier
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the interest sought to be protected by the complainant is arguably within the zone of interests to be protected or regulated by the statute or constitutional guarantee in question.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“asserts an interest that is at least 'arguably' protected by the first amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Undoubtedly, access to trial participants would assist the media in understanding the issues, litigation strategies, and evidence presented in the criminal proceeding. But the right to gather information’ does not include a constitutional 'right' to understand what has been gathered. The press must rely upon its own resources to interpret and articulate the information it has obtained. We note in this respect that many news organizations have retained the services of attorneys and legal scholars to assist in reporting and editorial commentary on legal matters, such as newsworthy court proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.