673 F. Supp. 2d 20 - Taylor v. Babbitt’s Empirical Analysis
2009
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2 district ·
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Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Taylor v. Sturgell · Military Audit Project v. Casey · Meeropol v. Meese · Ray v. Turner · Weisberg v. United States Department of Justice
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The plaintiff claims that without this information, he will be unable to effectively oppose a potential motion for summary judgment made by the defendants. The appropriate mechanism for the plaintiff to seek such relief, however, is through a Rule [56(d) ] motion filed after the government submits its renewed motion for summary judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cole v. Rochford“Whether the instant case warrants discovery is a question of fact that can only be determined after the defendants file their dispositive motion and accompanying affidavits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cole v. Rochford“in the exceptional case in which a court permits discovery in a FOIA action, such discovery should only occur after the government has moved for summary judgment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cole v. Rochford
How this case has been treated — in progress
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