5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 42 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 Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency Anchor | green | “pierce the veil of administrative secrecy and to open agency action to the light of public scrutiny.” | 16 |
| 2 | Mobley v. Central Intelligence Agency | green | “to obtain summary judgment the agency must show that it made a good faith effort to conduct a search for the requested records, using methods which can be reasonably expected to produce the information requested.” | 9 |
| 3 | Electronic Privacy Information Center v. United States Department of Homeland Security | green | “burden is on the agency to justify withholding the requested documents, and the foia directs district courts to determine de novo whether non-disclosure was permissible.” | 7 |
| 4 | Electronic Privacy Information Center v. United States Department of Homeland Security | green | “foia 'mandates that an agency disclose records on request, unless they fall within one of nine exemptions.” | 7 |
| 5 | Electronic Privacy Information Center v. United States Department of Homeland Security | green | “the burden is on the agency to justify withholding the requested documents, and the foia directs district courts to determine de novo whether non-disclosure was permissible.” | 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.