In Re: Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
28 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · Upjohn Company v. United States · Lamie v. United States Trustee
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]n reversing the district court’s decision with respect to promotion selection boards, we do not decide whether proceedings of other statutory selection boards are discoverable. Neither the district court nor the parties addressed that as a distinct question, and analysis of it may turn in part on a proper understanding of Section 618(f). We accordingly, vacate the district court’s decision with respect to continuation on active-duty and selective early retirement selection boards, and remand for further consideration. The parties should be afforded the opportunity to litigate, and the district court in the first instance to decide, whether continuation on active-duty and selective early retirement board proceedings are protected, and to what extent, in light of our decision on the proper reading of Section 618(f).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he Supreme Court has consistently instructed that statutes written in broad, sweeping language should be given broad, sweeping application.”). 6 . As with other claims of privilege made during civil litigation, however, the withholding party must make the claim of privilege and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“There is no inherent ambiguity in the phrase 'may not be disclosed' that would justify departing from those plain terms pursuant to a judicially-crafted exception.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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