135 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 236,388 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 216,459 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"
  3. Zadvydas v. Davis

    533 U.S. 678 (2001)   Cited 4,264 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Government's detention authority under Section 1231 is authorized for "a period reasonably necessary to secure removal"
  4. First Nat. Bank v. Cities Service

    391 U.S. 253 (1968)   Cited 8,818 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a continuance of summary judgment need not be granted particularly when ample time and opportunities for discovery have already lapsed
  5. United States v. Nixon

    418 U.S. 683 (1974)   Cited 4,090 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding appeal of District Court's denial of motion to quash subpoena duces tecum was in the Court of Appeals for purposes of § 1254
  6. U.S. Dept. of Justice v. Reporters Committee

    489 U.S. 749 (1989)   Cited 1,919 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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"
  7. Department of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Prot. A.

    532 U.S. 1 (2001)   Cited 1,010 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the determination that records are not inter- or intra-agency "rules out any application of Exemption 5"
  8. National Archives and Records Admin. v. Favish

    541 U.S. 157 (2004)   Cited 830 times
    Holding that "[g]iven FOIA's pro-disclosure purpose," a less stringent standard whereby a requester need only "produce evidence that would warrant a belief by a reasonable person" "is more faithful to the statutory scheme" in some contexts
  9. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

    421 U.S. 132 (1975)   Cited 2,043 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that FOIA does not compel agencies to write or create material to explain disclosed documents
  10. Hickman v. Taylor

    329 U.S. 495 (1947)   Cited 6,500 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding in the context of the work product privilege that the adversary system requires a party's attorney be permitted to “assemble information, sift what he considers to be the relevant from the irrelevant facts, prepare his legal theories and plan his strategy without undue and needless interference”
  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 328,986 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
  12. Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

    5 U.S.C. § 552   Cited 12,179 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
  13. Section 798 - Disclosure of classified information

    18 U.S.C. § 798   Cited 91 times
    Setting forth criminal penalties for disclosure of classified information
  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 16.3 - Requirements for making requests

    28 C.F.R. § 16.3   Cited 139 times
    Explaining that, to obtain records held by an FBI field office, the requester must write directly to that office
  16. Section 16.5 - Timing of responses to requests

    28 C.F.R. § 16.5   Cited 45 times
    Regarding timing of responses to requests and permitting multitrack processing