National Security Counselors v. Central Intelligence Agency

Decided August 15, 2013. Beryl Alaine Howell wrote the opinion for the court.

960 F. Supp. 2d 101 · Cited 144 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.

• National Security Counselors v. Central Intelligence Agency · 898 F. Supp. 2d 233
• American Immigration Council v. United States Department of Homeland Security · 950 F. Supp. 2d 221
• Department of the Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n · 532 U.S. 1
• Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino · 501 U.S. 104
• Forsham v. Harris · 445 U.S. 169
• National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish · 541 U.S. 157
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630
• United States Ex Rel. Sherman v. Carter Constr. Co. · 353 U.S. 210
• Electronic Frontier Foundation v. United States Department of Justice · 826 F. Supp. 2d 157
• Massachusetts Ex Rel. Department of Public Welfare v. United States Department of Health & Human Services · 727 F. Supp. 35
• Assassination Archives & Research Center, Inc. v. Central Intelligence Agency · 720 F. Supp. 217
• People for the American Way Foundation v. United States Department of Justice · 451 F. Supp. 2d 6
• Feinman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 680 F. Supp. 2d 169
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Defense · 857 F. Supp. 2d 44
• Frazier v. New York · 187 F. Supp. 2d 102
• Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Border Patrol · 623 F. Supp. 2d 83
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Postal Service · 297 F. Supp. 2d 252
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Export-Import Bank · 108 F. Supp. 2d 19
• Mobley v. Central Intelligence Agency · 924 F. Supp. 2d 24
• Muttitt v. United States Central Command · 926 F. Supp. 2d 284
• American Immigration Lawyers Association v. United States Department of Homeland Security · 852 F. Supp. 2d 66
• Muttitt v. United States Central Command · 813 F. Supp. 2d 221
• Trea Senior Citizens League v. United States Department of State · 923 F. Supp. 2d 55
• Institute for Policy Studies v. United States Central Intelligence Agency · 885 F. Supp. 2d 120
• Brown v. Federal Bureau of Investigation · 744 F. Supp. 2d 120

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• 100reporters LLC v. United States Department of Justice · 248 F. Supp. 3d 115
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• Looks Filmproduktionen Gmbh v. Central Intelligence Agency · 199 F. Supp. 3d 153
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