Case law

American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence Agency

District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 24, 2021

Second, “disclosure of the names would not involve a clearly unwarranted privacy invasion because the privacy interest in them is de minimis, and because this interest is clearly outweighed by the public’s interest in … For these reasons, the names of the CIA employees qualify as “similar files.” See Judicial Watch, Inc., 20 25 F.

Cause of Action Institute v. Export-Import Bank of the United States

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 27, 2022

The Court is not convinced, however, that the Bank has established that it is deliberative. … Indeed, this establishes that the redacted information moved in the opposite direction.

United States v. Burden

217 F. Supp. 3d 348 · District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 8, 2016

Clearly, Mr. Warren’s testimony was presented under materially different circumstances than those attending the government’s witness in Pulungan . … That was clearly its role and the Court had no basis to take the question from the jury.

Laker Airways Ltd. v. Pan American World Airways

559 F. Supp. 1124 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 9, 1983

If Sabena and KLM are concerned about the prospect of United States antitrust liability they should not do business here. 60 On the other hand, if they feel strongly that they are immune from the antitrust laws for some reason … Moreover, the action was clearly based on a contract.

Howard R.L. Cook & Tommy Shaw Foundation for Black Employees of the Library of Congress, Inc. v. Billington

802 F. Supp. 2d 65 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 9, 2011

Cir. 1987) (“Principles of collateral estoppel clearly apply to standing determinations.”); Newdow v. Bush, 391 F. … Two types of activity qualify: opposition activity (opposing “any practice made an unlawful employment practice by” Title VII) and participation activity (making 10 a

Hill, Christopher & Phillips, P. C. v. United States Postal Service

535 F. Supp. 804 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 15, 1982

Congress apparently viewed any independence as qualified, since when it spoke of the independence of the Postal Service, it was at the same time careful to reiterate the status of the Postal Service as an establishment of … Section (b)(8) clearly contemplates an offset where there is a judgment against the United States and the judgment creditor has a liability as a taxpayer.

Bartko v. United States Department of Justice

167 F. Supp. 3d 55 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 3, 2016

First, Exemption 6 encompasses only “clearly unwarranted” invasions of privacy, while Exemption 7(C) omits the adverb “clearly.” See id. … USPIS’s declarations on this point establish that the contrary is true.

Parker v. U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys

852 F. Supp. 2d 1 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 29, 2012

Information need not be intimate or embarrassing to qualify for Exemption 6 protection. See Horowitz v. Peace Corps, 428 F.3d 271, 279 (D.C. Cir. 2005). … Accordingly, the Court will remand the case to the agency to engage in the statutory exercise established under FOIA. D.

Council for Opportunity in Education v. U.S. Department of Education

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 16, 2026

COE Has Established Article III Standing 4 3 In the D.C. … § 1228a(b) (establishing the GEPA Equity Directive); 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-1 (establishing procedures required to deny or discontinue funding for noncompliance with Title VI); 20 U.S.C.

United States v. Adams

200 F. Supp. 3d 141 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 4, 2016

In any event, the Court at step one easily agreed that Defendant had established a prima facie case of racial discrimination where the qualified jury pool was only 44% black – i.e., eighteen whites and fourteen blacks were … qualified.

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce

83 F. Supp. 2d 105 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 22, 1999

As its basic premise, the Act establishes that government agency records should be accessible to the public. … Defendants asserts the various records it withholds under this exemption qualify as confidential under the applicable test set forth by the D.C. Circuit.

Coffin v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare

400 F. Supp. 953 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 8, 1975

It is undisputed that the old-age insurance program was intended to be self-supporting. 14 The removal of the dependency criterion for establishing eligibility for widower’s and husband’s benefits would require the payment … Wiesenfeld clearly teaches that such a dependency requirement is no better than that invalidated in Frontiero .

Covad Communications Co. v. Bell Atlantic Corp.

201 F. Supp. 2d 123 · District Court, District of Columbia · May 3, 2002

AT & T, 708 F.2d at 1106 (“the presence of a substantial degree of regulation, although not sufficient to confer antitrust immunity, may affect ... the precise dimensions of the ‘willful acquisition or maintenance’ of [monopoly … facilities’ ”) (citations omitted). 21 This case, by contrast, involves disputes over access to Bell Atlantic’s local network where the access is mandated by the 1996 Act, fully regulated by the FCC and state commissions, and clearly

Cherun v. Frishman

236 F. Supp. 292 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 11, 1964

Later in the same term, the Supreme Court qualified the McGee case with its decision in Hanson v. Denckla, 357 U.S. 235 , 78 S.Ct. 1228 , 2 L.Ed.2d 1283 . … Furthermore, the cause of action arose out of the breach of this mortgage-loan agreement, which clearly affected the land situated in Ontario, and the Rules of Practice of Ontario specifically permit service out of Ontario

Informed Consent Action Network v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 10, 2025

Neither the National Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases, nor the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases located records.” Pl. Mot. at Ex. D [Dkt. … Opp. at 5 (“Defendants acknowledge that Plaintiff has established eligibility and thus ‘may’ obtain attorneys’ fees under FOIA.”). The question, then, is whether plaintiff is “entitled” to fees.

Synar v. United States

626 F. Supp. 1374 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 7, 1986

found meritorious) the claim that bankruptcy judges who were appointed to fixed fourteen-year terms, subject to removal for cause by the judicial council of the circuit in which they served, and whose salaries were not immune … it is impossible to imagine any executive officer who could not be made to qualify by sagacious congressional conferral of nonexecutive powers in the future.

Battineni v. Jaddou

District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 21, 2025

Although Battineni remains free to leave the United States, his inability to do so without a guarantee of reentry qualifies as an injury-in fact. … Although Section 558 is not one of the APA’s hearing provisions, the question here, too, “is whether Congress has established procedures so clearly different from those required by the APA that it must have intended to

Ange v. Bush

752 F. Supp. 509 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 13, 1990

, 96 L.Ed. 1344 (1952), the Supreme Court stated that “policies in regard to the conduct of foreign relations [and] the war power.... are so exclusively entrusted to the political branches of government as to be largely immune … As to the first requirement, Ange clearly is one for whose benefit the War Powers Resolution was enacted.

Troy v. Colvin

266 F. Supp. 3d 288 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 21, 2017

Statutory and Regulatory Framework To qualify for disability insurance benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), a claimant must establish that she is “disabled.” 42 U.S.C. §§ 423, … The ALJ must only include a claimant’s “credibly established limitations” in the RFC assessment. See Rutherford v. Barnhart, 399 F.3d 546, 554 (3d Cir. 2005).

Coulibaly v. Kerry

District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 17, 2018

Coulibaly’s “inappropriate interactions with [his] supervisors, and [his] failure to follow established procedures for requesting leave.” … For tort claims, the relevant waiver of sovereign immunity is the FTCA, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq. See Meyer, 510 U.S. 476–77.