Union Leader Corp. v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that FOIA “applies only to federal executive branch agencies” (quoting Philip Morris, Inc. v. Harshbarger, 122 F.3d 58, 83 (1st Cir. 1997))
• noting that FOIA \applies only to federal executive branch agencies\ (quoting Philip Morris, Inc. v. Harshbarger, 122 F.3d 58, 83 (1st Cir. 1997))
• noting that evidence of misconduct was “hardly conclusive evidence of negligence, or other wrongdoing,” but was enough to satisfy the standard set out in Favish
• ordering disclosure of redacted names of six specific alien arrestees because of attenuated privacy interests and because the lengthy delay between previous arrests and removal was circumstantial evidence suggesting reasonable possibility of government negligence
• “the government agency bears the burden of proving the applicability of a specific statutory exemption.”
• “A Vaughn index is a now standard tool conceived by the District of Columbia circuit to facilitate resolution of FOIA disputes, derived from the D.C. Circuit’s decision in Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973).” (internal quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).