Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.3d 841 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency · Nationwide Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Sampson · Analysts v. United States Department of Justice · Davy v. Central Intelligence Agency · Morley 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Lest there be any uncertainty, we clarify that the public-benefit factor requires an ex ante assessment of the potential public value of the information requested, with little or no regard to whether any documents supplied prove to advance the public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“at least a modest probability of generating useful new information about a matter of public concern.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the district court improperly analyzed the public-benefit factor by assessing the public value of the information received rather than the 'potential public value of the information sought.'”
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.