43 Cited authorities

  1. Harlow v. Fitzgerald

    457 U.S. 800 (1982)   Cited 31,527 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that public officials are entitled to a "qualified immunity" from "liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established . . . rights of which a reasonable person would have known"
  2. Malley v. Briggs

    475 U.S. 335 (1986)   Cited 9,224 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a reasonably well-trained officer who would have known that his affidavit failed to establish probable cause and that he shouldn't have applied for a warrant violates an arrestee's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizures and does not enjoy qualified immunity when he arrests someone based on the warrant he nonetheless procured from a judicial officer
  3. Stump v. Sparkman

    435 U.S. 349 (1978)   Cited 8,060 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a judge "will be subject to liability only when he has acted in the clear absence of all jurisdiction"
  4. Burns v. Reed

    500 U.S. 478 (1991)   Cited 3,006 times
    Holding that because prosecutors were absolutely immune for eliciting false testimony from witnesses in court at common law, contemporary prosecutors are absolutely immune for eliciting misleading witness testimony during probable cause hearings
  5. Forrester v. White

    484 U.S. 219 (1988)   Cited 3,048 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that judges are not absolutely immune for administrative acts
  6. Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. Sebelius

    567 U.S. 519 (2012)   Cited 960 times   67 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 was not a valid exercise of the Commerce Clause power after focusing solely on whether it regulated "economic activity" without discussing the remaining Morrison factors
  7. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

    376 U.S. 254 (1964)   Cited 6,917 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a public official or public figure can recover damages for defamation on a matter of public concern only if he proves that the speaker acted with actual malice
  8. U.S. Dept. of Justice v. Reporters Committee

    489 U.S. 749 (1989)   Cited 1,920 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that disclosure of "[o]fficial information that sheds light on an agency's performance of its statutory duties falls squarely within [FOIA's] statutory purpose"
  9. Dept. of Air Force v. Rose

    425 U.S. 352 (1976)   Cited 1,669 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that although "redaction cannot eliminate all risks of identifiability," it was a "familiar technique" and sufficient to protect the identities of Air Force Academy cadets described in summaries of disciplinary proceedings
  10. Branzburg v. Hayes

    408 U.S. 665 (1972)   Cited 1,808 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that government need not “demonstrate some ‘compelling need’ for a newsman's testimony”
  11. Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

    5 U.S.C. § 552   Cited 12,182 times   556 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Court's entering of a “Stipulation and Order” approving the parties' terms of dismissal did not amount to a “court-ordered consent decree” that would render the plaintiff the prevailing party
  12. Section 702 - Right of review

    5 U.S.C. § 702   Cited 7,062 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Granting judicial review of "agency action"
  13. Section 551 - Definitions

    5 U.S.C. § 551   Cited 4,748 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the definition set out in the APA
  14. Section 753 - Reporters

    28 U.S.C. § 753   Cited 2,322 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Requiring federal court proceedings to be recorded verbatim
  15. Section 360 - Disclosure of information

    28 U.S.C. § 360   Cited 16 times

    (a) CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROCEEDINGS.-Except as provided in section 355, all papers, documents, and records of proceedings related to investigations conducted under this chapter shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person in any proceeding except to the extent that- (1) the judicial council of the circuit in its discretion releases a copy of a report of a special committee under section 353(c) to the complainant whose complaint initiated the investigation by that special committee

  16. Section 457 - Records; obsolete papers

    28 U.S.C. § 457   Cited 15 times

    The records of district courts and of courts of appeals shall be kept at one or more of the places where court is held. Such places shall be designated by the respective courts except when otherwise directed by the judicial council of the circuit. Papers of any court established by Act of Congress which have become obsolete and are no longer necessary or useful, may be disposed of with the approval of the court concerned in the manner provided by sections 366-380 of Title 44 and in accordance with