9 canonical passages across 9 cases, quoted by 37 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 Wright v. United States Department of Justice.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wright v. United States Department of Justice Anchor | green | “t is inappropriate for a court to consider new claims raised for the first time in a brief in opposition to a motion for summary judgment.” | 6 |
| 2 | Physicians for Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Defense | green | “discretion in crafting lists of search terms that they believe to be reasonably tailored to uncover documents responsive to the foia request.” | 5 |
| 3 | Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C. v. National Security Agency | green | “where the search terms are reasonably calculated to lead to responsive documents, the court should not 'micro manage' the agency's search.” | 5 |
| 4 | Schrecker v. United States Department of Justice | green | “discovery in foia is rare and should be denied where an agency's declarations are reasonably detailed submitted in good faith and the court is satisfied that no factual dispute remains.” | 4 |
| 5 | Manna v. U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation | green | “cannot expand the scope of this litigation by merely referring to other requests in his opposition to defendants' motion.” | 4 |
| 6 | Cole v. Rochford | green | “n the foia context, courts have permitted discovery only in exceptional circumstances where a plaintiff raises a sufficient question as to the agency's good faith in searching for or processing documents.” | 4 |
| 7 | James v. United States Secret Service | green | “the foia does not require an agency to update or supplement a prior response to a request for records.” | 3 |
| 8 | National Federation of the Blind v. United States Department of Transportation | green | “ection 46110(a)'s direct-review provision removes the rule from the purview of the district court and places it within our exclusive jurisdiction.” | 3 |
| 9 | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers | green | “ederal circuit courts have exclusive jurisdiction to review tsa's ssi determinations.” | 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.