Milner v. Department of the Navy
562 U.S. 2011 (2011) Cited 716 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that FOIA exemptions are "explicitly made exclusive"
Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink
410 U.S. 73 (1973) Cited 1,092 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the privilege does not protect "memoranda consisting only of compiled factual material or purely factual material contained in deliberative memoranda and severable from its context . . ."
Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency
508 F.3d 1108 (D.C. Cir. 2007) Cited 631 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding CIA clearance and investigatory processes and related law enforcement techniques and procedures exempt under Exemption 7(E)
Sussman v. U.S. Marshals
494 F.3d 1106 (D.C. Cir. 2007) Cited 553 timesHolding that the Act grants access to only those records that are “about” the requestor, “not to all information pertaining to them that happens to be contained in a system of records”
Campbell v. United States Dept. of Justice
164 F.3d 20 (D.C. Cir. 1998) Cited 699 timesHolding 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"
Blackwell v. F.B.I
646 F.3d 37 (D.C. Cir. 2011) Cited 350 timesHolding that Exemption 7(E) applied when disclosure would "expos[e] [the Bureau’s] computer forensic vulnerabilities to potential criminals"
Center for Nat. Sec. Studies v. Dept., Just
331 F.3d 918 (D.C. Cir. 2003) Cited 357 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that same deference is due under Exemption 7, in appropriate cases, as under Exemption 1
Davis v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
968 F.2d 1276 (D.C. Cir. 1992) Cited 451 timesHolding FOIA requester failed to show public disclosure by pointing to newspaper accounts establishing that government played tape recordings at trial; rather, requester had "burden of showing that there is a permanent public record of the exact portions" sought to be disclosed
Senate of Puerto Rico v. U.S. Dept of Justice
823 F.2d 574 (D.C. Cir. 1987) Cited 490 timesHolding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the Government to invoke other FOIA exemptions after its initial reliance on 7 "collapse[d]," and leaving open the question of whether the conclusion of law-enforcement proceedings constitutes a "substantial change in the factual context of the case" sufficient to invoke an appellate court's section 2106 discretion to remand
DiBacco v. U.S. Army
795 F.3d 178 (D.C. Cir. 2015) Cited 175 timesHolding that the director of the CIA is authorized to invoke the National Security Act for purposes of Exemption 3
Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
5 U.S.C. § 552 Cited 12,209 times 557 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Section 3024 - Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence
50 U.S.C. § 3024 Cited 169 timesProtecting “intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure”
Section 3127 - Definitions for chapter
18 U.S.C. § 3127 Cited 98 times 1 Legal AnalysesDefining pen register
Section 1872 - Declassification of significant decisions, orders, and opinions
50 U.S.C. § 1872 Cited 2 times 1 Legal AnalysesRequiring disclosure of FISC opinions that are declassified