Ruffalo v. Civiletti

How courts have described this case

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

• disclosure of the name and address of the plaintiffs son would violate the confidence of the federal witness protection program
• termination of visitation rights to child in Witness Protection Program subject to constitutional scrutiny
• allegedly negligent decision to include child of witness in Program

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• William Franz v. United States of America
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-05-10· cited 87×
• Tobin v. Civil Service Commission
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1982-12-23· cited 69×
• Ruffalo v. United States
  W.D. Missouri· 1984-06-29· cited 12×
• Ruffalo, Ruffalo v. Civiletti
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-06-08· cited 11×
• In the Interest of M.J.S. v. K.E.S.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1987-02-10· cited 4×
• Coll v. Coll
  District of Columbia· 1988-08-08· cited 1×
• Proposed Changes in Operation of the Witness Protection Program
  Office of Legal Counsel· 1982-12-29

Cites

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

• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe
  Supreme Court· 1971-03-02· cited 7,564×
• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.
  Supreme Court· 1938-02-28· cited 3,971×
• Butz v. Economou
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 3,397×
• Meyer v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1923-06-04· cited 3,363×
• Wisconsin v. Yoder
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-15· cited 3,250×
• Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-10-18· cited 1,941×
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 1,904×
• Quilloin v. Walcott
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 1,234×
• Zablocki v. Redhail
  Supreme Court· 1978-01-18· cited 1,224×
• Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-13· cited 1,061×
• In Re Burrus
  Supreme Court· 1890-05-19· cited 717×
• Rosin v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-18· cited 698×
• Howard Smith Bennett v. Albert Passic, Sheriff, Etc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1976-09-29· cited 506×
• Leonhard v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1980-08-28· cited 224×
• James D. Cole v. Mary Franklin Carter Cole, Dale Padgett, J. H. Padgett
  Fourth Circuit· 1980-10-09· cited 202×
• Robert A. Wise v. Richard Anthony Bravo, the City of Pueblo, and Pueblo Police Department
  Tenth Circuit· 1982-01-13· cited 187×
• Beller v. Middendorf
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-10-23· cited 181×
• Arthur Edward Sheehan v. Army and Air Force Exchange Service, an Instrumentality of the Departments of the Army and of the Air Force
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-06-27· cited 106×