National Security Archive v. CIA

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How courts have described this case

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

• clarifying that the public domain doctrine is not “separate and distinct from the official acknowledgement doctrine”
• discussing the objective of the FOIA as providing access to government records
• “[T]he mere public disclosure of information . . . cannot overcome an otherwise valid FOIA exemption.”
• “This court is charged with following case law that directly controls a particular issue, ‘leaving to [the Supreme] Court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions.’” (alteration in original
• “This Court is charged with following case law that directly controls a particular issue[.]”
• “This Court is charged with following case law that directly controls a particular issue[.]”

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