Larson v. Central Intelligence Agency’s Empirical Analysis
843 F.2d 1481 · 1988
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 40 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently December 2021 · most notably Oglesby v. United States Department of the Army (1990), Carney v. United States Department of Justice (1994)
13 federal appellate · 40 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Yamanis v. United States · Good Hope Chemical Corp. Creditors' Committee v. Koerver · National Treasury Employees Union v. Griffin
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government....”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Larson’s allegations, as presented in the administrative record, failed to identify the newspaper company to which he intended to release the requested information, his purpose for seeking the requested material, or his professional or personal contacts with any major newspaper companies. The absence of this information demonstrates an inability to disseminate the information to the public.”). 8 . See also Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Uniform FOIA Fee Schedule & Guidelines, 52 Fed. Reg. 10,012 , 10,017-18 (Mar. 27, 1987) (interpreting”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[]ability to disseminate the information to the public”). 5 . Regarding the first dimension, the court did not question the”
2 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.