U.S. Dept. of Justice v. Reporters Committee
489 U.S. 749 (1989) Cited 1,957 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that disclosure of "[o]fficial information that sheds light on an agency's performance of its statutory duties falls squarely within [FOIA's] statutory purpose"
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.
437 U.S. 214 (1978) Cited 961 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that a FOIA requestor's rights are neither “diminished” nor “enhanced” in light of a “particular, litigation-generated need for these materials”
Swiss Inst. Bioinformatics v. Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data
49 F. Supp. 3d 92 (D.D.C. 2014) Cited 10 timesAwarding post-judgment interest following default in petition to confirm arbitration award
Rule 4 - Summons
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 72,380 times 128 Legal AnalysesHolding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
Rule 55 - Default; Default Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 55 Cited 34,625 times 13 Legal AnalysesAdopting similar language for acquiring default judgment against the United States
Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
5 U.S.C. § 552 Cited 12,381 times 558 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 16.5 - Timing of responses to requests
28 C.F.R. § 16.5 Cited 46 timesRegarding timing of responses to requests and permitting multitrack processing