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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 84 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 State v. Ray.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Department of State v. Ray Anchor | green | “to pierce the veil of administrative secrecy and to open agency action to the light of public scrutiny.” | 28 |
| 2 | Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. United States Department of Justice | green | “the agency bears the burden of establishing that a claimed exemption applies.” | 20 |
| 3 | Loving v. Department of Defense | green | “directs that 'each agency, upon any request for records . . . shall make the records promptly available to any person' unless the requested records fall within one of the statute's nine exemptions.” | 17 |
| 4 | United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts | green | “consistent with the act's goal of broad disclosure,” | 14 |
| 5 | United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts | green | “consistent with the act's goal of broad disclosure, these exemptions have been consistently given a narrow compass.” | 5 |
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.