Federal Labor Relations Authority v. United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Navy’s Empirical Analysis
975 F.2d 1105 · 1992
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Department of the Air Force v. Rose · United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink · National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.
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.
“basic policy ... indeed focuses on the citizen's right to be informed about what their government is up to.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[FOIA's] basic policy of `full agency disclosure unless information is exempted under clearly delineated statutory language' indeed focuses on the citizens' right to be informed about what their government is up to. Official information that sheds light on an agency's performance of its statutory duties falls squarely within that statutory purpose. That purpose, however, is not fostered by disclosure of information about private citizens that is accumulated in various governmental files but that reveals little or nothing about an agency's own conduct.”
1 later decision 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.