Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Cent. Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3141 · 50 U.S.C. § 431 (§ 701 of the National Security Act of 1947) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish · United States Department of State v. Ray · Military Audit Project v. Casey · Dolan v. United States Postal Service
Most-quoted passages
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“To carry this burden, the agency must submit sufficiently detailed affidavits or declarations, a Vaughn index of the withheld documents, or both, in order to, among other things, enable the court to fulfill its duty of ruling on the applicability of the exemption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the justifications for nondisclosure with reasonably specific detail, [and] demonstrate that the information withheld logically falls within the claimed exemption,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“bears the burden of proving the applicability of [the] claimed exemptions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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