16 Cited authorities

  1. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

    421 U.S. 132 (1975)   Cited 2,046 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that FOIA does not compel agencies to write or create material to explain disclosed documents
  2. Coastal States Gas Corp. v. Dept. of Energy

    617 F.2d 854 (D.C. Cir. 1980)   Cited 1,185 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when agency auditors communicate information from third parties to the agency's regional counsel and ask for legal advice, the regional counsel's written responses containing "neutral, objective analyses of agency regulations" are not privileged
  3. Newsome v. E.E.O.C

    301 F.3d 227 (5th Cir. 2002)   Cited 542 times
    Holding the same regarding claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1985
  4. Hopkins v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development

    929 F.2d 81 (2d Cir. 1991)   Cited 220 times
    Holding that disclosure of names and addresses sought "would shed no light on HUD's performance in enforcing the prevailing wage laws"
  5. U.S. v. Farley

    11 F.3d 1385 (7th Cir. 1993)   Cited 156 times
    Holding a "conclusory affidavit asserting that any factual portion of the document cannot be separated from the evaluative portion" was insufficient to assert the bank examination privilege and collecting cases to note that often an in camera inspection is common, but not necessary, for determining when the privilege applies
  6. Maricopa Audubon Society v. U.S. Forest Serv

    108 F.3d 1089 (9th Cir. 1997)   Cited 132 times
    Finding documents deliberative as they consisted of "recommendations" and "suggestions" from an agency official to an independent consultant regarding charges against him, and adding that the official sought the consultant specifically for his "frankness" and "independence" in hopes of receiving an objective opinion
  7. Formaldehyde Institute v. Department of Health & Human Services

    889 F.2d 1118 (D.C. Cir. 1989)   Cited 150 times
    Holding that comments sent to the Department of Health and Human Services from a scientific journal's outside reviewers were protected from disclosure under Exemption 5, even when "[t]he agency d[id] not ‘solicit’ the reviews in the sense that it contracts to receive them," but instead "actively s[ought] to do business with journals from which reviews are both expected and then used by [the agency]"
  8. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Keco Indus., Inc.

    748 F.2d 1097 (6th Cir. 1984)   Cited 150 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the EEOC must "make a good faith effort to conciliate"
  9. Equal Emp. Op. Com'n v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours

    373 F. Supp. 1321 (D. Del. 1974)   Cited 72 times
    Explaining that the "precise language of the charge . . . provides less guidance for subsequent proceedings than the general character of the grievances to which the charge alludes" and that the charge is often drawn by a layperson who "perceives only dimly the nature and cause of the discrimination"
  10. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co.

    516 F.2d 1297 (3d Cir. 1975)   Cited 52 times
    Holding that the EEOC is not confined by a 180-day limitation
  11. Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 95,836 times   658 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
  12. Section 1981a - Damages in cases of intentional discrimination in employment

    42 U.S.C. § 1981a   Cited 4,164 times   55 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "additional remedies under Federal law are needed to deter unlawful harassment and intentional discrimination in the workplace"
  13. Section 2000e-8 - Investigations

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-8   Cited 392 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing the EEOC to "enter into written agreements" with state and local agencies to promote "effective enforcement" of the Act