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In Defense of Animals v. United States Department of Agriculture et al

Memorandum in opposition to motion re

22 Cited authorities

  1. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.

    437 U.S. 214 (1978)   Cited 951 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a FOIA requestor's rights are neither “diminished” nor “enhanced” in light of a “particular, litigation-generated need for these materials”

  2. SafeCard Servs., Inc. v. SEC

    926 F.2d 1197 (D.C. Cir. 1991)   Cited 1,704 times
    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"

  3. Mead Data Cent., v. U.S. Dept. of Air Force

    566 F.2d 242 (D.C. Cir. 1977)   Cited 1,201 times
    Holding that attorney-client privilege is consistent with exemption contained in section 552(b) of the FOIA

  4. Critical Mass Energy Project v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    975 F.2d 871 (D.C. Cir. 1992)   Cited 356 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that information voluntarily given to the government must be "of a kind that would customarily not be released to the public by the person from whom it was obtained" to be confidential

  5. Meeropol v. Meese

    790 F.2d 942 (D.C. Cir. 1986)   Cited 388 times
    Holding that affidavits of government officials are entitled to a presumption of good faith in the context of locating responsive records to FOIA requests

  6. Lesar v. United States Dept. of Justice

    636 F.2d 472 (D.C. Cir. 1980)   Cited 385 times
    Holding that although the FBI's surveillance "strayed beyond the bounds of its initial lawful security aim, that does not preclude the possibility that the actual surveillance documents and the Task Force materials that comment upon those documents may nevertheless contain information of a sensitive nature, the disclosure of which could compromise legitimate secrecy needs"

  7. Armstrong v. Executive Ofc. of the President

    97 F.3d 575 (D.C. Cir. 1996)   Cited 224 times
    Holding "a categorical rule forbidding disclosure of the names of lower-level FBI agents in all activities is invalid" because "[t]he privacy interest at stake may vary depending on the context in which it is asserted"

  8. Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service

    608 F.2d 1381 (D.C. Cir. 1979)   Cited 356 times
    Holding that the veracity of an agency's affidavit need not be questioned if no bad faith or contradictory evidence is found

  9. Rugiero v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

    257 F.3d 534 (6th Cir. 2001)   Cited 178 times
    Concluding that the agency properly withheld "identifying information on agents, personnel, and third parties after balancing the privacy interests against public disclosure"

  10. Schiller v. N.L.R.B

    964 F.2d 1205 (D.C. Cir. 1992)   Cited 226 times
    Holding an agency's litigation strategy "does qualify as 'high 2' material because its disclosure would risk circumvention of statutes or agency regulations"

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

    5 U.S.C. § 552   Cited 12,200 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

  12. Section 2131 - Congressional statement of policy

    7 U.S.C. § 2131   Cited 195 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Stating that one purpose of the AWA is "to assure the humane treatment of animals"