David Miscavige v. Internal Revenue Service

How courts have described this case

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

• holding “in certain cases, affidavits can be sufficient for summary judgment purposes . . . if they provide as accurate a basis for decision” as other methods
• noting that attempts to obtain Vaughn indices are inappropriate until after the government provides the court with the necessary information to determine if exemptions apply through a dispositive motion
• explaining “that in certain cases, affidavits can be sufficient for summary judgment purposes in a FOIA case if they provide as accurate a basis for decision as would sanitized indexing, random or representative sampling, in camera review, or oral testimony”
• “Generally, FOIA cases should be handled on motions for summary judgment . . . .”
• “the preparation of a Vaughn index is unwarranted before the filing of dispositive motions”
• “The plaintiffs early attempt in litigation of this kind to obtain a Vaughn Index ... is inappropriate until the government has first had the chance to provide the court with the information necessary to make a decision on the applicable exemptions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

107 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-02-15· cited 244×
• Lane v. Department of the Interior
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-05-02· cited 147×
• NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE OF SPOKANE v. Spokane
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-09-29· cited 140×
• Moore v. Bush
  District of Columbia· 2009-02-23· cited 128×
• Valfells v. Central Intelligence Agency
  District of Columbia· 2010-06-17· cited 89×
• Rein v. United States Patent & Trademark Office
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-01-28· cited 71×
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Clinton
  District of Columbia· 1995-02-21· cited 71×
• Steven SCHIFFER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-03-08· cited 67×
• Sanders v. Obama
  District of Columbia· 2010-08-02· cited 62×
• Mark E. Hanson, Esq. v. United States Agency for International Development
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-06-16· cited 59×
• West v. Jackson
  District of Columbia· 2006-09-15· cited 44×
• Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. United States Department of Labor
  District of Columbia· 2007-03-22· cited 43×
• Cunningham v. United States Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2014-04-16· cited 43×
• Wickwire Gavin, P.C. v. United States Postal Service
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-01-30· cited 35×
• BlueStar Energy Services, Inc. v. Illinois Commerce Commission
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-06-29· cited 34×
• Truthout & Jeffrey Light v. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2013-07-17· cited 30×
• Marino v. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2013-11-12· cited 29×
• National Day Laborer Organizing Network v. United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency
  S.D. New York· 2011-08-08· cited 28×
• Julian C. WHITE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant
  District of Columbia· 2012-01-05· cited 28×
• Marshall v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  District of Columbia· 2011-08-10· cited 26×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-22· cited 2,142×
• Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-10-18· cited 1,941×
• Rosin v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-18· cited 698×
• Vaughn v. Rosen
  D.C. Circuit· 1975-11-21· cited 401×
• Charles v. Stephenson v. Internal Revenue Service, Atlanta, Georgia, and John W. Henderson, District Director, Irs Georgia
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-11-07· cited 53×
• Ralph H. Currie, Jr., and Carpets by Ralph Currie, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-05-02· cited 38×
• Richard A. Vaughn Esther M. Vaughn Richard A. Vaughn, D.D.S., P.C. v. United States of America Internal Revenue Service
  Sixth Circuit· 1991-06-21· cited 38×
• David Ely v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-02-10· cited 32×