Mark A. Allen 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.

• recognizing that \court[s] not infrequently find[ ] it necessary to conduct in camera inspection\ when \utilization of [other procedures] has not proven fruitful\
• “Where there is evidence of bad faith on the part of the agency____ [i]n camera inspection is ‘plainly necessary____’ ”
• \Sufficiently detailed justifications [in public affidavits] for the agency's withholding is often impossible * * * because such justifications would reveal the very information sought to be protected.\
• “where the agency affidavits merely parrot the language of the statute and are drawn in conclusory terms, the court’s responsibility to conduct de novo review is frustrated”
• government must be afforded opportunity to justify nondisclosure before court undertakes in camera in-' spection
• considerations bearing on resort to in camera inspection

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Border Patrol
  District of Columbia· 2009-06-11· cited 609×
• Cynthia King v. United States Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-09-28· cited 587×
• Fielding M. McGehee III v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-01-04· cited 344×
• Michael Alan Crooker v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-12-16· cited 289×
• Jose M. Quinon and G. Richard Strafer v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  D.C. Circuit· 1996-08-20· cited 194×
• William J. Carter v. United States Department of Commerce
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-10-09· cited 193×
• Matthew G. Yeager v. Drug Enforcement Administration
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-05-14· cited 184×
• Juarez v. Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-03-04· cited 175×
• Davy v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-12-19· cited 163×
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Defense
  D.C. Circuit· 2013-05-21· cited 137×
• Maryann Paisley v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-07-22· cited 131×
• The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc. v. William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-11-18· cited 127×
• Elliott v. United States Department of Agriculture
  D.C. Circuit· 2010-02-26· cited 122×
• Adele Halkin v. Richard Helms, Department of State
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-09-21· cited 120×
• Harrison E. Salisbury v. United States of America
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-09-21· cited 117×
• Spirko v. United States Postal Service
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-07-07· cited 111×
• Joseph Alan Lykins v. United States Department of Justice and Attorney General of the United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-01-27· cited 108×
• Center for Auto Safety v. Environmental Protection Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-03-27· cited 92×
• Joseph Ingle, Cross-Appellants v. Department of Justice, Cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1983-01-17· cited 81×
• Irwin B. Arieff v. U.S. Department of the Navy
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-08-24· cited 79×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Department of the Air Force v. Rose
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-21· cited 1,918×
• Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air Force
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-11-28· cited 1,376×
• Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 1,251×
• Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-05-23· cited 821×
• William Jordan v. United States Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-10-31· cited 440×
• Lesar v. United States Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-07-15· cited 435×
• Aldens, Inc. v. Kane
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-19· cited 423×
• Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service
  D.C. Circuit· 1979-10-29· cited 394×
• Harriet Ann Phillippi v. Central Intelligence Agency and George H. Bush, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1976-11-24· cited 354×
• Posner v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-17· cited 264×
• Ellen L. Ray and William H. Schaap v. Stansfield Turner, Director Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-11-15· cited 244×
• Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration v. Robertson
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-24· cited 226×
• Bertram Zweibon v. John N. Mitchell, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States of America
  D.C. Circuit· 1975-06-24· cited 148×
• Cadc 79-12 the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. Griffin B. Bell
  D.C. Circuit· 1979-07-02· cited 135×
• American Jewish Congress v. Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary of Commerce
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-04-27· cited 108×
• Military Audit Project v. Bush
  District of Columbia· 1976-03-05· cited 12×