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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 37 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Scott Armstrong v. Executive Office of the President.

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1 Scott Armstrong v. Executive Office of the President Anchor
cadc · 1996
green “show with reasonable specificity why the documents cannot be further segregated,” 9
2 Covington v. McLeod
dcd · 2009
green “segregation is not required where the 'exempt and nonexempt information are inextricably intertwined, such that the excision of exempt information would impose significant costs on the agency and produce an edited document with little informational value.” 7
3 Thompson v. United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
dcd · 2015
green “is analyzed under the same standard” 6
4 Physicians for Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Defense
dcd · 2009
green “agencies have discretion in crafting lists of search terms that they believe to be reasonably tailored to uncover documents responsive to the foia request.” 5
5 Justice v. Internal Revenue Service
dcd · 2011
green “discovery in foia is rare and should be denied where an agency's declarations are reasonably detailed and submitted in good faith and where the court is satisfied that no factual dispute remains.” 5
6 Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C. v. National Security Agency
dcd · 2015
green “where the search terms are reasonably calculated to lead to responsive documents, the court should not 'micro manage' the agency's search.” 5

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