Lambert v. Barsky’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
April 1995
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“"`* * * both candidates and those who comment upon their qualifications would be reluctant to be entirely candid if they knew their disclosures were available to the prying eyes of outsiders. Confidentiality and candor are complementary to one another. Destroy one and the other vanishes.'"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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