Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the CIA could refuse to disclose classified information even though the information was already reported in a congressional committee report
• recognizing that “the mention of an individual’s name in a law enforcement file will engender comment and speculation and carries a stigmatizing connotation” (citation omitted)
• recognizing that the fact that some information is publicly available “does not eliminate the possibility that further disclosures can cause harm to intelligence sources, methods, and operations”
• holding that district court erred by \perform[ing] its own calculus as to whether or not harm to the national security or to intelligence sources and methods would result from disclosure\
• holding that district court erred by “perform[ing] its own calculus as to whether or not harm to the national security or to intelligence sources and methods would result from disclosure”
• explaining that the disclosure of public-domain information “may be compelled even over an agency’s otherwise valid exemption claim”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).