26 Cited authorities

  1. American Insurance Association v. Garamendi

    539 U.S. 396 (2003)   Cited 223 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that treaties are "[s]ubject ... to the Constitution's guarantees of individual rights"
  2. 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)".
  3. 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
  4. Hassan v. City of N.Y.

    804 F.3d 277 (3d Cir. 2015)   Cited 157 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding a defendant's "assertion that allegations of overt hostility and prejudice are required to make out claims under the First Amendment" "easily fail"
  5. Am. Civil Liberties Union v. Cent. Intelligence Agency

    710 F.3d 422 (D.C. Cir. 2013)   Cited 162 times
    Holding that official statements left "no doubt" that some agency operates drones and thus this program was officially acknowledged
  6. 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"
  7. N.Y. Times Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice

    756 F.3d 100 (2d Cir. 2014)   Cited 94 times
    Holding that even though legal analysis in OLC memorandum must be disclosed, factual sections containing details of specific operations remained classified and exempt in their entirety
  8. Krikorian v. Department of State

    984 F.2d 461 (D.C. Cir. 1993)   Cited 151 times
    Holding that draft letters "reflect[ed] advisory opinions that are important to the deliberative process"
  9. Florez v. Cent. Intelligence Agency

    829 F.3d 178 (2d Cir. 2016)   Cited 73 times
    Finding that agency affidavits are presumed to be made in good faith
  10. Lesher v. Hynes

    2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 2414 (N.Y. 2012)   Cited 70 times
    In Lesher, for example, the prosecutor's general explanation that the correspondence sought contained information concerning the particulars of the crime and the identities and statements of witnesses and that "its release posed an obvious risk of prematurely tipping the District Attorney's hand" was sufficient to support reliance on the exemption (id. at 67-68).
  11. 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”