Data Tree, LLC v. Romaine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “exemptions are to be narrowly interpreted so that the public is granted maximum access to the records of government”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Abdur-Rashid v. N.Y.C. Police Dep't · Friedman v. Rice

2. “fall[ ] squarely within a FOIL exemption by articulating a particularized and specific justification for denying access”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Abdur-Rashid v. N.Y.C. Police Dep't

3. “[i]f the [agency] fails to prove that a statutory exemption applies, FOIL 'compels disclosure, not concealment'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Abdur-Rashid v. N.Y.C. Police Dep't