United States v. Comley’s Empirical Analysis
890 F.2d 539 · 1989
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 7 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Correa-Martinez v. Arrillaga-Belendez (1990), Sutliffe v. Epping School District (2009)
10 federal appellate · 7 district · 3 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 42 U.S.C. § 2201 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
Relies on Buckley v. Valeo · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. State of Alabama Patterson · United States v. Powell · Bates v. City of Little Rock · Federal Election Commission v. Machinists Non-Partisan Political League
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“). The subpoena at issue in this appeal seeks the same tape recorded conversations and arises out of the same investigation as an earlier subpoena issued by the NRC's Office of Inspector and Auditor (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The role of a court in a subpoena enforcement proceeding is strictly limited to inquiring whether the above requirements have been met. “Such proceedings are designed to be summary in nature. As long as the investigation is within the agency’s authority, the subpoena is not too indefinite, and the information sought is reasonably relevant, the district court must enforce an administrative subpoena.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Supreme Court has held that compelling a private organization to reveal the identities of its members where such disclosure will result in the harassment of existing members and the discouragement of new members can constitute a violation of the right to freedom of association.”
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.