Heffernan v. Azar

How courts have described this case

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

• reasoning that searches of expanded scope suggested a “‘stronger . . . basis for accepting the integrity of the search’”
• acknowledging that generally, “the agency does not carry the burden of proving that each withheld document was not adopted formally or informally” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that a declaration in a FOIA case must “provide the requisite averment that all locations likely to contain responsive records were searched” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[F]actual information which does not bear on the policy formulation is not subject to the deliberative-process privilege.”
• exemption permissibly raised in agency’s reply brief

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  D.C. Circuit· 2018-09-07· cited 39×
• Judge Rotenberg Educ. Ctr., Inc. v. U.S. Food & Drug Admin.
  D.C. Circuit· 2019-03-21· cited 16×
• Brennan Ctr. for Justice at N.Y. Univ. Sch. of Law v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-08-03· cited 14×
• Am. Ctr. for Law & Justice v. U.S. Dep't of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 2019-06-30· cited 5×
• Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  District of Columbia· 2019-03-21
• Reinhard v. Department of Homeland Security
  District of Columbia· 2019-07-11
• Heffernan v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
  District of Columbia· 2019-10-16
• Arab American Institute v. Office of Management and Budget
  District of Columbia· 2020-08-13
• Coleman, Jr. v. Department of the Navy
  District of Columbia· 2020-09-16
• National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild v. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
  District of Columbia· 2020-09-29
• Gellman v. Department of Homeland Security
  District of Columbia· 2021-02-22
• Cooper v. DOJ
  District of Columbia· 2022-03-01
• 100reporters v. U.S. Department of State
  District of Columbia· 2022-04-26
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Department of State
  District of Columbia· 2022-06-02
• Hall v. Central Intelligence Agency
  District of Columbia· 2022-07-07
• Guarascio v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Office of Information Policy
  District of Columbia· 2023-11-01
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2023-11-27
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  District of Columbia· 2024-10-17
• Shapiro v. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2025-11-25

Cites

111 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 12,455×
• United States v. Nixon
  Supreme Court· 1974-07-24· cited 4,095×
• National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1975-04-28· cited 2,115×
• Safecard Services, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 1991-03-01· cited 1,840×
• Holcomb, Christine v. Powell, Donald
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-01-10· cited 1,529×
• Carl Oglesby v. The United States Department of the Army
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-12-04· cited 1,525×
• Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air Force
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-11-28· cited 1,376×
• Coastal States Gas Corporation v. Department of Energy
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-02-15· cited 1,241×
• Department of the Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n
  Supreme Court· 2001-03-05· cited 1,012×
• Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-05-23· cited 821×
• Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-24· cited 788×
• Valencia-Lucena v. United States Coast Guard
  D.C. Circuit· 1999-06-25· cited 765×
• Charles E. Perry v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-07-30· cited 759×
• Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-12-07· cited 720×
• Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-04-05· cited 701×
• Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Border Patrol
  District of Columbia· 2009-06-11· cited 609×
• Michele Steinberg v. United States Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-05-27· cited 596×
• Marc Truitt v. Department of State
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-05-10· cited 578×