U.S. Dept. of Justice v. Reporters Committee
489 U.S. 749 (1989) Cited 1,918 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"
Department of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Prot. A.
532 U.S. 1 (2001) Cited 1,009 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the determination that records are not inter- or intra-agency "rules out any application of Exemption 5"
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
421 U.S. 132 (1975) Cited 2,041 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that FOIA does not compel agencies to write or create material to explain disclosed documents
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.
437 U.S. 214 (1978) Cited 950 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”
John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp.
493 U.S. 146 (1989) Cited 544 timesHolding that records originally assembled for other purposes can come within Exemption 7 if subsequently compiled for law enforcement purposes
Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson
456 U.S. 615 (1982) Cited 692 timesHolding that information originally gathered for law enforcement purposes by the FBI did not lose its status under Exemption 7 because it was placed in a different compilation for a political purpose by the White House
Vaughn v. Rosen
484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973) Cited 1,965 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that an indexing system was necessary in FOIA cases to " assure that a party's right to information is not submerged beneath governmental obfuscation and mischaracterization, and permit the Court system effectively and efficiently to evaluate the factual nature of disputed information."
Renegotiation Bd. v. Grumman Aircraft Eng'g Corp.
421 U.S. 168 (1975) Cited 425 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that advisory reports by individuals without authority to take final agency action are predecisional
Wolf v. C.I.A
473 F.3d 370 (D.C. Cir. 2007) Cited 514 timesHolding that an "official acknowledgment waiver relates only to the existence or nonexistence of the records," and remanding "to the district court where the CIA must either disclose any officially acknowledged records or establish both that their contents are exempt from disclosure and that such exemption has not also been waived"
Coastal States Gas Corp. v. Dept. of Energy
617 F.2d 854 (D.C. Cir. 1980) Cited 1,184 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 328,775 times 158 Legal AnalysesHolding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
5 U.S.C. § 552 Cited 12,171 times 556 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 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury
28 U.S.C. § 1746 Cited 10,033 times 17 Legal AnalysesPermitting the use of declarations instead
Section 1313 - Water quality standards and implementation plans
33 U.S.C. § 1313 Cited 545 times 15 Legal AnalysesRequiring a State to submit new or revised water regulations for EPA's review