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12 canonical passages across 11 cases, quoted by 319 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 United States Department of Defense v. Federal Labor Relations Authority.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Department of Defense v. Federal Labor Relations Authority Anchor | green | “the only relevant 'public interest in disclosure' to be weighed in this balance is the extent to which disclosure would serve the 'core purpose of the foia,' which is 'contributing significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government.” | 111 |
| 2 | Lopez v. Council on American-Islamic Relations Action Network, Inc. | green | “summary judgment is appropriately granted when, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-movants and drawing all reasonable inferences accordingly, no reasonable jury could reach a verdict in their favor.” | 65 |
| 3 | United States Department of State v. Ray | green | “the strong presumption in favor of disclosure places the burden on the agency to justify the withholding of any requested documents.” | 54 |
| 4 | Lopez v. Council on American-Islamic Relations Action Network, Inc. | green | “the evidence presented must show 'that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” | 22 |
| 5 | Rodriguez v. United States Department of Defense | green | “at a bare minimum, the agency's affidavits need to specify 'what records were searched, by whom, and through what process.” | 16 |
| 6 | Cunningham v. United States Department of Justice | green | “where the nonmoving party is proceeding pro se, courts in this jurisdiction will construe the non-moving party's filings liberally.” | 14 |
| 7 | Electronic Privacy Information Center v. United States Department of Homeland Security | green | “burden is on the agency to justify withholding the requested documents, and the foia directs district courts to determine de novo whether non-disclosure was permissible.” | 10 |
| 8 | McDonnell Douglas Corporation v. Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary, Department of the Air Force, and United States Air Force | green | “whenever a party succeeds in demonstrating that its materials fall within exemption 4, the government is precluded from releasing the information by virtue of the trade secrets act.” | 7 |
| 9 | Center for the Study of Services v. United States Department of Health & Human Services | green | “demonstrate that the records have not been improperly withheld.” | 7 |
| 10 | American Immigration Council v. United States Department of Homeland Security | green | “provide descriptions of excerpts deemed to be non-segregable, with explanations as to these decisions.” | 5 |
| 11 | Otero v. Dep't of Justice | green | “the agency fails to meet this burden such that summary judgment is inappropriate when the agency fails to set forth the search terms and the type of search performed with specificity or otherwise provides 'no information about the search strategies of the agency components charg…” | 5 |
| 12 | 100reporters LLC v. United States Department of Justice | green | “the agency is 'entitled to a presumption that it complied with the obligation to disclose reasonably segregable material,' but that does not excuse the agency from carrying its evidentiary burden to fully explain its decisions on segregability,” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.