Branch v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Decided April 13, 1987. Charles Robert Richey wrote the opinion for the court.

658 F. Supp. 204 · Cited 59 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Lamont v. Department of Justice · 475 F. Supp. 761
• Dunaway v. Webster · 519 F. Supp. 1059
• Congressional News Syndicate v. United States Department of Justice · 438 F. Supp. 538
• Abrams v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 511 F. Supp. 758

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• Struth v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 673 F. Supp. 949
• Taplin v. U.S. Deptartment of Justice · 967 F. Supp. 2d 348
• Landano v. U.S. Dept. of Justice · 751 F. Supp. 502
• Brown v. U.S. Department of Justice
• Coleman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 13 F. Supp. 2d 75
• Brown v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 873 F. Supp. 2d 388
• Voinche v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 940 F. Supp. 323
• Morley v. United States Central Intelligence Agency · 453 F. Supp. 2d 137
• Lewis v. Executive Office for United State Attorneys · 867 F. Supp. 2d 1
• Jordan v. United States Department of Labor · 273 F. Supp. 3d 214
• Lawyers Committee for Human Rights v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 721 F. Supp. 552
• Perrone v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 908 F. Supp. 24
• Durham v. United States Department of Justice · 829 F. Supp. 428
• Pinson v. U.S. Department of Justice · 61 F. Supp. 3d 164
• Harrison v. Executive Office for United States Attorneys · 377 F. Supp. 2d 141
• Shapiro v. U.S. Department of Justice · 37 F. Supp. 3d 7
• Putnam v. United States Department of Justice · 873 F. Supp. 705
• Plunkett v. Department of Justice · 924 F. Supp. 2d 289
• Buffalo Evening News, Inc. v. United States Border Patrol · 791 F. Supp. 386
• Barbosa v. Drug Enforcement Administration · 541 F. Supp. 2d 108
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Department of Justice · 846 F. Supp. 2d 63
• Chamberlain v. United States Department of Justice · 957 F. Supp. 292

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