United States Department of State v. Washington Post Co.

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• concluding that Exemption 6 protects personal matters in any of a wide range of records
• concluding that Exemption 6 protects personal matters in any of a wide range of records
• holding that the term “similar files” should be interpreted broadly and includes information that “applies to a particular individual”
• holding that all information that “applies to a particular individual” meets the threshold requirement for Exemption 6
• holding that Exemption 6 applies to information contained in “personnel and medical files and similar files,” which include files that “appl[y] to a particular individual”
• holding that all information that “applies to a particular individual” satisfies the threshold requirement for Exemption 6 coverage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).