Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
Decided June 24, 2019. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 18-481 · 588 U.S. 427 (2019) · Cited 315 times
Holding
Where commercial or financial information is both customarily and actually treated as private by its owner and provided to the government under an assurance of privacy, the information is “confidential” within the meaning of 5 U. S. C. §552(b)(4), the Freedom of Information Act’s Exemption 4.
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Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson · 456 U.S. 615 (1982)
- Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink · 410 U.S. 73 (1973)
- Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms · 561 U.S. 139 (2010)
- United States Department of Justice v. Landano · 508 U.S. 165 (1993)
- Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC · 562 U.S. 223 (2011)
- United States v. Weber Aircraft Corp. · 465 U.S. 792 (1984)
- Department of the Air Force v. Rose · 425 U.S. 352 (1976)
- Perrin v. United States · 444 U.S. 37 (1979)
- Kelly v. Robinson · 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
- Ratzlaf v. United States · 510 U.S. 135 (1994)
- Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Jacobson · 525 U.S. 432 (1999)
- Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims · 471 U.S. 159 (1985)
- Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro · 584 U.S. 79 (2018)
- Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk · 563 U.S. 401 (2011)
- Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton · 581 U.S. 468 (2017)
- Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 123 (2019)
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- Rivers v. Guerrero · 605 U.S. 443 (2025)
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