489 U.S. 749 (1989) Cited 1,927 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"
524 U.S. 11 (1998) Cited 786 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that inability to procure information to which Congress has created a right in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 qualifies as concrete injury satisfying Article III's standing requirement
491 U.S. 440 (1989) Cited 791 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff advocacy organizations' inability to obtain information that Congress made subject to disclosure under the Federal Advisory Committee Act "constitutes a sufficiently distinct injury to provide standing to sue"
510 U.S. 487 (1994) Cited 667 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that, although the requesting unions' interest in obtaining the home addresses of agency employees “might allow the unions to communicate more effectively with employees, ... it would not appreciably further the citizens' right to be informed about what their government is up to”
500 U.S. 72 (1991) Cited 478 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that a statute permitting removal if the defendant is "[a]ny officer of the United States or [of] any agency thereof" "permits removal by anyone who is an ‘officer’ either ‘of the United States’ or of one of its agencies" (alterations in original) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a) )
28 U.S.C. § 1331 Cited 97,961 times 136 Legal Analyses
Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."
28 U.S.C. § 1447 Cited 33,278 times 110 Legal Analyses
Holding that with exceptions not relevant here, "[a]n order remanding a case to the State court from which it was removed is not reviewable on appeal or otherwise"
15 U.S.C. § 1681b Cited 1,759 times 101 Legal Analyses
Granting permission to obtain credit report where person "intends to use the information, as a potential investor or servicer, or current insurer, in connection with a valuation of, or an assessment of the credit or prepayment risks associated with, an existing credit obligation"