4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 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 The Army Times Publishing Company v. Department of the Air Force.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Army Times Publishing Company v. Department of the Air Force Anchor | green | “inhibit candor in the decision-making process.” | 4 |
| 2 | Public Citizen, Inc. v. Office of Management & Budget | green | “agencies must disclose those portions of predecisional and deliberative documents that contain factual information that does not inevitably reveal the government's deliberations.” | 3 |
| 3 | Public Citizen, Inc. v. Office of Management & Budget | green | “both 'predecisional' and 'deliberative.” | 3 |
| 4 | Public Citizen, Inc. v. Office of Management & Budget | green | “neither make recommendations for policy change nor reflect internal deliberations on the advisability of any particular course of action, they are not predecisional and deliberative.” | 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.