John Doe v. Joseph Digenova

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• basing holding on analysis of similar language in Fair Credit Reporting Act and similar statutes, and on purposes of Privacy Act
• “[C]ourts have properly been reluctant to address an issue where the opposing party has not had a fair and adequate opportunity to dispute the material is sues.”
• “When the issue has, through no fault of the parties, not 17 been briefed or argued in any forum, the appropriate disposition is typically to remand the case to the district court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Holcomb, Christine v. Powell, Donald
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-01-10· cited 1,529×
• Steele v. Schafer
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-08-01· cited 412×
• Roy W. Krieger v. Kathlynn G. Fadely,appellees
  D.C. Circuit· 2000-05-05· cited 249×
• Abourezk v. Reagan
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-03-11· cited 175×
• James E. Stiltner v. Beretta U.S.A. Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-02-02· cited 88×
• Owen Kugel v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1991-11-05· cited 74×
• Lopez v. Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 2005-01-11· cited 61×
• Freedom Watch, Inc. v. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  D.C. Circuit· 2014-09-12· cited 46×
• John Doe v. Jay B. Stephens
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-07-15· cited 43×
• Unnamed case
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-02-11· cited 42×
• United States Postal Service v. National Association of Letter Carriers, Afl-Cio
  D.C. Circuit· 1993-11-23· cited 40×
• United States v. Leonard L. Martino
  Third Circuit· 1987-08-05· cited 33×
• Roger Pilon v. United States Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1996-01-16· cited 33×
• J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation and Lance E. Lindblom v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  D.C. Circuit· 1997-04-11· cited 28×
• Perez v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-03-26· cited 25×
• Recording Industry Ass'n of America v. Verizon Internet Services
  District of Columbia· 2003-04-24· cited 20×
• Patchak v. Salazar
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-01-21· cited 17×
• Unnamed case
  D.C. Circuit· 1997-07-15· cited 15×
• Donoghue v. Office of Information Policy
  District of Columbia· 2016-01-28· cited 12×
• International Union v. Brock
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-02-11· cited 10×

Cites

61 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Singleton v. Wulff
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-01· cited 3,831×
• Dandridge v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 3,777×
• United States v. Calandra
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-08· cited 3,415×
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  Supreme Court· 1936-02-17· cited 3,147×
• Hagans v. Lavine
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 2,844×
• Whalen v. Roe
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 1,722×
• United States v. Dionisio
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 1,412×
• Hormel v. Helvering
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-17· cited 1,393×
• United States v. Miller
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-21· cited 1,197×
• Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling
  Supreme Court· 1946-02-11· cited 1,024×
• Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops Northwest
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-18· cited 982×
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1959-10-12· cited 586×
• Doe v. McMillan
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 479×
• Overstreet v. North Shore Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1943-02-01· cited 304×
• California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-26· cited 267×
• District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation v. Air Florida, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-12-28· cited 248×
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. In Re Jacqueline Schofield, Witness
  Third Circuit· 1973-09-11· cited 240×
• Brown v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1959-04-20· cited 239×
• National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1957-01-22· cited 223×
• Commissioner v. Engle
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-10· cited 209×