Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA/CSS

How courts have described this case

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

• applying noscitur a sociis as limiting the phrase “such other material” to the two preceding conditions in a list
• privilege assertion covered certain categories of information concerning a surveillance system used by the National Security Agency

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Joann Ford v. Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-03-29· cited 8×
• Sakab Saudi Holding Company v. Aljabri
  First Circuit· 2023-01-27· cited 6×
• Yassir Fazaga v. Fbi
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-12-20
• Pharmaceutical Coalition for Patient Access v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-01-23
• Leblanc v. United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
  District of Columbia· 2025-05-21
• Robbie Plyler v. Russell Cox
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-07-29
• Suhail Al Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2026-03-12

Cites

53 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
  Supreme Court· 2016-05-16· cited 7,043×
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 5,583×
• Landis v. North American Co.
  Supreme Court· 1936-12-07· cited 5,442×
• United States v. Nixon
  Supreme Court· 1974-07-24· cited 4,095×
• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
  Supreme Court· 2013-02-26· cited 3,172×
• Hertz Corp. v. Friend
  Supreme Court· 2010-02-23· cited 2,766×
• Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1997-02-18· cited 2,720×
• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-20· cited 1,871×
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-27· cited 1,439×
• Libertarian Party of Virginia v. Charles Judd
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-05-29· cited 1,001×
• Webster v. Doe
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-15· cited 942×
• United States v. Reynolds
  Supreme Court· 1953-03-09· cited 873×
• Department of the Navy v. Egan
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-23· cited 752×
• Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-05-23· cited 510×
• Washington State Department of Social & Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of Keffeler
  Supreme Court· 2003-02-25· cited 422×