Sims v. Central Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
709 F.2d 95 · 1983
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 294 · 50 U.S.C. § 403 (§ 102 of the National Security Act of 1947) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 552B (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Phillippi v. Central Intelligence Agency · Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. National Security Agency · McGehee 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“matters that are . . . specifically exempted from disclosure by statute . . . provided that such statute . . . refers to particular types of matters to be withheld”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[i]t seems far more in keeping with the broad language and purpose of [§ 403(d)(3) ] to conclude that it authorizes the nondisclosure of a source of information whenever disclosure might lead to discovery of what subjects were of interest to the CIA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“no reason to think that section 403(d)(3) was meant to protect sources of information only if secrecy was needed in order to obtain the information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.