Baldrige v. Shapiro

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that Congress properly exercised its discretion to preclude disclosure of census data because \Congress is vested by the Constitution with authority to conduct the census 'as they shall by Law direct' \
• treating the availability of FOIA Exemption 3 and the existence of a discovery privilege as separate issues
• treating the availability of FOIA Exemption 3 and the existence of a discovery privilege as separate issues
• recognizing Congress’s broad discretion over the census
• “If a privilege exists, information may be withheld, even if relevant to the lawsuit and essential to the establishment of a plaintiffs claim.”
• “The primary purpose of the FOIA was not to benefit private litigants or to serve as a substitute for civil discovery.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).