Berman v. Central Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
501 F.3d 1136 · 2007
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 44 U.S.C. § 2107 (Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018) · 50 U.S.C. § 403 (§ 102 of the National Security Act of 1947) · 50 U.S.C. § 403G (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims · Church of Scientology of California v. United States Department of Army · Wolf v. Central Intelligence Agency · Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency · Gardels v. Central Intelligence Agency
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'sweeping power,' courts are required to give 'great deference' to the [agency's] assertion that a particular disclosure could reveal intelligence sources or methods.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“are nothing more than simple memoranda the CIA uses to communicate with the President.” Id. The Ninth Circuit's statement that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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