Augustus v. McHugh’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
9 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Vaughn v. Rosen · SafeCard Services, Inc. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims · Military Audit Project v. Casey
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“opposition did not challenge the Secretary's proffered justifications under FOIA for having redacted [information,]”
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.