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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 95 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 Trans-Pacific Policing Agreement v. United States Customs Service.

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1 Trans-Pacific Policing Agreement v. United States Customs Service Anchor
cadc · 1999
green “an affirmative duty to consider the segregability issue sua sponte.” 34
2 August v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
cadc · 2003
green “strongly favors prompt disclosure, its nine enumerated exemptions are designed to protect those legitimate governmental and private interests that might be harmed by release of certain types of information.” 23
3 Trans-Pacific Policing Agreement v. United States Customs Service
cadc · 1999
green “we believe that the district court had an affirmative duty to consider the segregability issue sua sponte ... even if the issue has not been specifically raised by the foia plaintiff.” 20
4 Oguaju v. United States
cadc · 2002
green “does not include helping an individual obtain information for his personal use” 18

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