Villanueva v. Department of Justice’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.2d 528 · 1986
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 403 (§ 102 of the National Security Act of 1947) · 50 U.S.C. § 403G (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson · Angrist v. United States · Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims · Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co. v. United States
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must determine whether the district court had an adequate factual basis for its decision, and, if so, whether the decision ... was clearly erroneous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Calhoun v. Lyng
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.