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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.

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1 United States Department of State v. Ray Anchor
scotus · 1991
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
cadc · 2014
green “the agency bears the burden of establishing that a claimed exemption applies.” 20
3 Loving v. Department of Defense
cadc · 2008
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
scotus · 1989
green “consistent with the act's goal of broad disclosure,” 14
5 United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts
scotus · 1989
green “consistent with the act's goal of broad disclosure, these exemptions have been consistently given a narrow compass.” 5

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