Jason Leopold v. DOJ

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

• “Even if an exemption covers an entire agency record, the agency still must release any reasonably segregable information within the record that could be disclosed without causing reasonably foreseeable harm to an interest that the exemption protects.”
• “Even if an exemption covers an entire agency record, the agency still must release any reasonably segregable information within the record that could be disclosed without causing reasonably foreseeable harm to an interest that the exemption protects.”
• requiring agencies to satisfy two “distinct, consecutive inquiries”

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Cited by

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

• David Rudometkin v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-06-10· cited 15×
• Human Rights Defense Center v. United States Park Police
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-01-24· cited 10×
• Savage v. United States Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2024-06-07
• Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. United States Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2024-06-06
• T. Keith Fogg v. IRS
  Eighth Circuit· 2024-07-02
• Doshi v. Blinken
  District of Columbia· 2024-07-22
• US Inventor, Inc. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office
  District of Columbia· 2024-09-25
• War Horse News, Inc. v. U.S. Department of the Navy
  District of Columbia· 2024-09-30
• Energy Policy Advocates v. Securities and Exchange Commission
  District of Columbia· 2024-10-17
• Power the Future v. U.S. Department of State
  District of Columbia· 2025-01-30
• Center for Immigration Studies v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  District of Columbia· 2025-02-05
• Finders Keepers USA LLC v. U.S. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-14
• Leopold v. U.S. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-20
• Eddington v. U.S. Department of State
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-27
• Viola v. United States Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2025-06-11
• Pearce v. Department of the Army
  District of Columbia· 2025-07-10
• Ezeah v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  District of Columbia· 2025-08-15
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2025-10-06
• Husch Blackwell LLP. v. Department of Commerce
  District of Columbia· 2025-10-17
• Williams & Connolly LLP v. United States Department of Homeland Security
  District of Columbia· 2025-10-31

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Larson v. Department of State
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-05-08· cited 703×
• Karl Gallant v. National Labor Relations Board
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-06-17· cited 189×
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. FBI
  D.C. Circuit· 2021-07-02· cited 159×
• United States v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
  Second Circuit· 2017-07-12· cited 48×
• Perioperative Services And Logistics, LLC v. DVA
  D.C. Circuit· 2023-01-17· cited 16×