Meyer v. Bush’s Empirical Analysis
981 F.2d 1288 · 1993
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 19 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably In re Sealed Case (1997), Wilson v. Libby (2008)
30 federal appellate · 19 district · 1 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 15 U.S.C. § 1023 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 501 (Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 2286 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009) · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4344 (§ 204 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 44 U.S.C. § 3503 · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin · Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Scalza v. United States · Bowsher v. Synar
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the President's immediate personal staff or units in the Executive Office whose sole function is to advise and assist the President.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch and does not create any right ... enforceable against the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“f[alls] within the Soucie test as an entity whose sole function is to advise and assist the President”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies, American Historical Association and American Library Association v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency, Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency, (Two Cases) Scott Armstrong Gary M. Stern Eddie Becker National Security Archive Center for National Security Studies American Historical Association American Library Association v. Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration National Security Council Trudy Peterson, Acting Archivist of the United States White House Communications Agency · Armstrong
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.