National Security Archive v. CIA

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• 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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12 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  D.C. Circuit· 2025-03-28
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  D.C. Circuit· 2025-04-07
• The Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Secretary Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  Third Circuit· 2025-04-29
• Slaughter v. Trump
  District of Columbia· 2025-07-17
• Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc. v. DOJ
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-07-18
• Rebecca Slaughter v. Donald Trump
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-09-02
• Campaign for Accountability v. DOJ
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-10-17
• Neguse v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  District of Columbia· 2025-12-17
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2026-02-19
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2026-03-30
• Barry v. United Food and Commercial Workers
  District of Columbia· 2026-05-21

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez
  Supreme Court· 2021-06-25· cited 3,213×
• Department of the Air Force v. Rose
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-21· cited 1,918×
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-21· cited 992×
• United States Department of State v. Ray
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 755×
• Wolf v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-01-16· cited 615×
• Students Against Genocide v. Department of State
  D.C. Circuit· 2001-08-07· cited 535×
• Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-08-14· cited 423×
• American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-09-06· cited 410×
• Nassar Afshar v. Department of State
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-03-15· cited 325×
• Mobley v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2015-11-13· cited 226×
• Cottone, Salvatore v. Reno, Janet
  D.C. Circuit· 1999-10-26· cited 185×
• American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2013-03-15· cited 178×
• Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-12-26· cited 112×
• Frugone v. Central Intelligence Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 1999-03-12· cited 102×
• Anna Jaques Hospital v. Sebelius
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-09-11· cited 40×
• Thomas Montgomery v. IRS
  D.C. Circuit· 2022-07-19· cited 37×
• Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. CIA
  D.C. Circuit· 2021-08-27· cited 34×
• Pavement Coatings Technology v. United States Geological Survey
  D.C. Circuit· 2021-05-07· cited 12×
• Insider Inc. v. GSA
  D.C. Circuit· 2024-02-16· cited 11×