SafeCard Servs., Inc. v. SEC

Holding that information in law enforcement records identifying private individuals is exempt from disclosure unless release is necessary to "confirm or refute compelling evidence that the agency is engaged in illegal activity"

E.E.O.C. v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial

Holding that question of whether defendant was a covered entity under ADA is not jurisdictional, but merits related

Campbell v. United States Dept. of Justice

Holding that an agency could not decline to search beyond one record system when records in that system themselves indicated that there were undiscovered responsive records in other record systems, because "[a]n agency has discretion to conduct a standard search in response to a general request, but it must revise its assessment of what is 'reasonable' in a particular case to account for leads that emerge during its inquiry"

Military Audit Project v. Casey

Holding that the CIA did not waive the applicability of Exemption 1 to all classified information relating to a subject by voluntarily releasing some formerly classified information about that subject

Stanbury Law Firm v. I.R.S

Finding the district court abused its discretion in striking law firm's pleadings because the facts provided background to the underlying complaint

Schrecker v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

Holding that “persons involved in law enforcement investigations—witnesses, informants, and the investigating agents—have a substantial interest in seeing that their participation remains secret”

Halperin v. Central Intelligence Agency

Holding that disclosure of "rates and total fees paid to attorneys is that such information could give leads to information about covert activities that constitute intelligence methods"

Stabilisierungsfonds Fur Wein v. Kaiser Stuhl Wine Distributors Pty. Ltd.

In Stabilisierungsfonds Fur Wein v. Kaiser Stuhl Wine Distributors Pty. Ltd., 647 F.2d 200, 209 USPQ 633 (D.C. Cir. 1981), in an action for trademark infringement, two German plaintiffs sought to hale an Australian wine producer, its Australian subsidiary, a New York importer, and a District of Columbia liquor store into the District Court for the District of Columbia.

Schrecker v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

Holding that, where "agency reasonably chose to search the most likely place responsive documents would be located" requiring a "search through millions of documents is not reasonable and therefore not necessary"

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

Holding that plaintiff satisfied its burden where, “[a]lthough the plaintiff has not gone into great detail about how it plans to disseminate the particular information obtained ... [it] has described several methods it uses to make information available to the public, it has a record of conveying to the public information obtained through FOIA requests, and it has stated its intent to do so in this case”

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

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

Rule 7 - Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

Defining "pleadings" for purposes of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Section 2108 - Responsibility for custody, use, and withdrawal of records