McGehee v. Central Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 50 U.S.C. § 403 (§ 102 of the National Security Act of 1947)
Relies on Harris v. McRae · Military Audit Project v. Casey · Goland v. Central Intelligence Agency · Phillippi v. Central Intelligence Agency · Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the agency that generated the documents is in the best position to determine expeditiously and efficiently the propriety of disclosure ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.