Lamont v. Department of Justice

Decided July 2, 1979. Edward Weinfeld wrote the opinion for the court.

475 F. Supp. 761 · Cited 84 times

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Precedents cited

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.

• Providence Journal Co. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 460 F. Supp. 778
• Malloy v. United States Dept. of Justice · 457 F. Supp. 543
• Ferry v. Central Intelligence Agency · 458 F. Supp. 664
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 447 F. Supp. 31
• Kanter v. Internal Revenue Service · 433 F. Supp. 812
• Ferguson v. Kelley · 448 F. Supp. 919
• Cerveny v. Central Intelligence Agency · 445 F. Supp. 772
• Tarnopol v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 442 F. Supp. 5
• Flower v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 448 F. Supp. 567
• Smith v. Flaherty · 465 F. Supp. 815
• Irons v. Levi · 451 F. Supp. 751
• Black v. Sheraton Corporation of America · 371 F. Supp. 97
• Congressional News Syndicate v. United States Department of Justice · 438 F. Supp. 538
• Fonda v. Central Intelligence Agency · 434 F. Supp. 498
• Ferguson v. Kelly · 455 F. Supp. 324
• Lesar v. United States Department of Justice · 455 F. Supp. 921
• Ott v. Levi · 419 F. Supp. 750
• Pacheco v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 470 F. Supp. 1091
• Varona Pacheco v. FEDERAL BUR. OF INVESTIGATION · 456 F. Supp. 1024
• Shaver v. Bell · 433 F. Supp. 438
• Forrester v. United States Department of Labor · 433 F. Supp. 987
• Ray v. Turner · 468 F. Supp. 730
• Les Aspin v. United States Department of Defense · 453 F. Supp. 520
• Hayden v. National Security Agency · 452 F. Supp. 247
• Tax Reform Research Group v. Internal Revenue Service · 419 F. Supp. 415

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• Malizia v. United States Department of Justice · 519 F. Supp. 338
• Dunaway v. Webster · 519 F. Supp. 1059
• Gabrielli v. United States Department of Justice · 594 F. Supp. 309
• Lawyers Committee for Human Rights v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 721 F. Supp. 552
• Abrams v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 511 F. Supp. 758
• Powell v. United States Dept. of Justice · 584 F. Supp. 1508
• Docal v. Bennsinger · 543 F. Supp. 38
• Wojtczak v. United States Department of Justice · 548 F. Supp. 143
• Rosenfeld v. United States Department of Justice · 761 F. Supp. 1440
• Branch v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 658 F. Supp. 204
• Washington Post v. United States Department of Defense · 766 F. Supp. 1
• Navasky v. Central Intelligence Agency · 499 F. Supp. 269
• Competitive Enterprise Institute v. United States National Security Agency · 78 F. Supp. 3d 45
• Friedman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 605 F. Supp. 306
• Biberman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 528 F. Supp. 1140
• LaRouche v. Kelley · 522 F. Supp. 425
• Demetracopoulos v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 510 F. Supp. 529
• Ferguson v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 774 F. Supp. 815
• Lieverman v. United States Department of Justice · 597 F. Supp. 84
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice
• Stauss v. Internal Revenue Service · 516 F. Supp. 1218
• Nunez v. Drug Enforcement Administration · 497 F. Supp. 209

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