Mobley v. Central Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
806 F.3d 568 · 2015
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 25 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2107 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on Bowles v. Russell · Landis v. North American Co. · Kontrick v. Ryan · Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney · Eberhart v. United States
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] search, under FOIA, is not unreasonable simply because it fails to produce all relevant material.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court may rely on a 'reasonably detailed affidavit, setting forth the search terms and the type of search performed, and averring that all files likely to contain responsive materials (if such records exist) were searched.'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Disclosure by one federal agency does not waive another agency's right to assert a FOIA exemption.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.