Smith v. Okanogan County’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
30 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington · 90 Wash. 2d 123 - Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe · 114 Wash. 2d 907 - Industrial Indem. Co. of Northwest, Inc. v. Kallevig · 120 Wash. 2d 782 - Dawson v. Daly
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may maintain control over the instruments that they have created. This chapter shall be liberally construed and its exemptions narrowly construed to promote this public policy and to assure that the public interest will be fully protected. In the event of conflict between the provisions of this chapter and any other act, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The agency has the burden of proving that refusing to disclose `is in accordance with a statute that exempts or prohibits disclosure in whole or in part of specific information or records.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.