Kelly v. Wengler’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · Gannett Co Inc v. A · Cowley v. Pulsifer · Associated Press v. United States District Court for Central District of California · Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The public has a right, and even a responsibility ... to monitor the activities and performance of their own government and use this information to implement change if needed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Idaho taxpayers pay CCA to operate one of their prisons. With public money comes a public concern about how that money is spent.”
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.