41 Cited authorities

  1. Payne v. Tennessee

    501 U.S. 808 (1991)   Cited 2,608 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that admission of victim impact evidence at death penalty sentencing phase does not per se violate the Eighth Amendment
  2. Larson v. Department of State

    565 F.3d 857 (D.C. Cir. 2009)   Cited 597 times
    Holding that information provided by CHS that could reveal the identity of intelligence source was properly withheld
  3. Wolf v. C.I.A

    473 F.3d 370 (D.C. Cir. 2007)   Cited 513 times
    Holding that an "official acknowledgment waiver relates only to the existence or nonexistence of the records," and remanding "to the district court where the CIA must either disclose any officially acknowledged records or establish both that their contents are exempt from disclosure and that such exemption has not also been waived"
  4. Gould v. New York City Police Department

    89 N.Y.2d 267 (N.Y. 1996)   Cited 406 times
    In Matter of Gould v. New York City Police Dept. (89 N.Y.2d 267, 274-275), the Court of Appeals noted that "[a]ll government records are * * * presumptively open for public inspection and copying" under FOIL "unless they fall within one of the enumerated exemptions of Public Officers Law § 87(2)".
  5. Fitzgibbon v. C.I.A

    911 F.2d 755 (D.C. Cir. 1990)   Cited 390 times
    Holding that, after Sims, domestic intelligence sources are protected to the same extent as foreign sources
  6. Wilner v. National Sec. Agency

    592 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2009)   Cited 192 times
    Holding that similarly worded provision related to the National Security Agency falls under Exemption 3
  7. Capital Newspapers v. Burns

    67 N.Y.2d 562 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 292 times
    In Matter of Capital Newspapers v. Burns, 67 N.Y.2d 562, 505 N.Y.S.2d 576, 496 N.E.2d 665 (Ct.App.1986), the Court of Appeals stated that " the legislative intent underlying the enactment of Civil Rights Law § 50-a was narrowly specific, ‘ to prevent time-consuming and perhaps vexatious investigation into irrelevant collateral matters in the context of a civil or criminal action.’ "
  8. Phillippi v. Central Intelligence Agency

    546 F.2d 1009 (D.C. Cir. 1976)   Cited 333 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Upholding CIA refusal to confirm or deny existence of records of CIA connection to activities of ship named the Hughes Glomar Explorer
  9. Matter of Fink v. Lefkowitz

    47 N.Y.2d 567 (N.Y. 1979)   Cited 300 times
    Noting that FOIL "established a general policy [in favor of] disclosure"
  10. Minier v. Central Intelligence Agency

    88 F.3d 796 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 172 times
    Holding the "near-blanket" FOIA exemption to protect sources and methods "authorizes the CIA's refusal to confirm or deny the existence of an employment relationship between itself and [an individual]."
  11. Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

    5 U.S.C. § 552   Cited 12,156 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 87 - Access to agency records

    N.Y. Pub. Off. Law § 87   Cited 1,160 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Providing for free access to governmental records
  13. Section 3024 - Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence

    50 U.S.C. § 3024   Cited 167 times
    Protecting “intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure”
  14. Section 403-1 - Transferred

    50 U.S.C. § 403-1   Cited 66 times
    Providing that "[t]he Director of National Intelligence shall protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure"
  15. Section 403-3 - Transferred

    50 U.S.C. § 403-3   Cited 43 times
    Providing that as part of its responsibilities, the DCI shall "protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure"
  16. Section 421 - Transferred

    50 U.S.C. § 421   Cited 21 times

    50 U.S.C. § 421 EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATIONSection 421, comprising section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as section 3121 of this title.