Freedom of Information Act and related laws: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Freedom of Information Act and related laws,” part of the Privacy area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 51 decisions, newest first

• United States v. Zubaydah
  142 S. Ct. 959Decided March 3, 20226–3Stephen G. Breyer
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club
  144 S. Ct. 777Decided March 4, 20217–2Amy Coney Barrett
• Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
  139 S. Ct. 2356Decided June 24, 20196–3Neil M. Gorsuch
• Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.
  573 U.S. 134Decided June 16, 20147–1Antonin Scalia
• Lawson v. FMR LLC
  571 U.S. 429Decided March 4, 20146–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Mark J. McBurney v. Nathaniel L. Young
  569 U.S. 221Decided April 29, 20139–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Schindler Elevator Corporation v. United States ex Rel. Daniel Kirk
  563 U.S. 401Decided May 16, 20115–3Clarence Thomas
• Glen Scott Milner v. Department of the Navy
  562 U.S. 562Decided March 7, 20118–1Elena Kagan
• Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T Inc.
  562 U.S. 397Decided March 1, 20118–0John G. Roberts Jr.
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration v. Robert M. Nelson
  562 U.S. 134Decided January 19, 20118–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• John Doe #1 v. Sam Reed
  561 U.S. 186Decided June 24, 20108–1John G. Roberts Jr.
• Richard B. Cheney v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  542 U.S. 367Decided June 24, 20047–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Intel Corporation v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  542 U.S. 241Decided June 21, 20048–1Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• National Archives and Records Administration v. Allan J. Favish
  541 U.S. 157Decided March 30, 20049–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs v. Klamath Water Users Protective Association
  532 U.S. 1Decided March 5, 20019–0David H. Souter
• D. Dean Bibles v. Oregon Natural Desert Association
  519 U.S. 355Decided February 18, 19979–0Per curiam
• United States Department of Defense v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
  510 U.S. 487Decided February 23, 19949–0Clarence Thomas
• United States Department of Justice v. Vincent James Landano
  508 U.S. 165Decided May 24, 19939–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• United States Department of State v. Michael D. Ray
  502 U.S. 164Decided December 16, 19918–0John Paul Stevens
• John Doe Agency and John Doe Government Agency v. John Doe Corporation
  493 U.S. 146Decided December 11, 19896–3Harry A. Blackmun
• United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts
  492 U.S. 136Decided June 23, 19898–1Thurgood Marshall
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice
  491 U.S. 440Decided June 21, 19898–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  489 U.S. 749Decided March 22, 19899–0John Paul Stevens
• Church of Scientology of California v. Internal Revenue Service
  484 U.S. 9Decided November 10, 19876–0William H. Rehnquist
• Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
  482 U.S. 522Decided June 15, 19879–0John Paul Stevens
• Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims
  471 U.S. 159Decided April 16, 19859–0Warren E. Burger
• Federal Communications Commission v. ITT World Communications, Inc.
  466 U.S. 463Decided April 30, 19849–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Weber Aircraft Corp.
  465 U.S. 792Decided March 20, 19849–0John Paul Stevens
• Federal Trade Commission v. Grolier Inc.
  462 U.S. 19Decided June 6, 19839–0Byron R. White
• Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson
  456 U.S. 615Decided May 24, 19825–4Byron R. White
• United States Department of State v. Washington Post Co.
  456 U.S. 595Decided May 17, 19829–0William H. Rehnquist
• Baldrige v. Shapiro
  455 U.S. 345Decided February 24, 19829–0Warren E. Burger
• Weinberger v. Catholic Action of Hawaii/peace Education Project
  454 U.S. 139Decided December 1, 19819–0William H. Rehnquist
• Upjohn Co. v. United States
  449 U.S. 383Decided January 13, 19819–0William H. Rehnquist
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.
  447 U.S. 102Decided June 9, 19809–0William H. Rehnquist
• GTE Sylvania, Inc. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.
  445 U.S. 375Decided March 19, 19809–0Thurgood Marshall
• Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  445 U.S. 136Decided March 3, 19805–2William H. Rehnquist
• Forsham v. Harris
  445 U.S. 169Decided March 3, 19807–2William H. Rehnquist
• Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System v. Merrill
  443 U.S. 340Decided June 27, 19797–2Harry A. Blackmun
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown
  441 U.S. 281Decided April 18, 19799–0William H. Rehnquist
• National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.
  437 U.S. 214Decided June 15, 19789–0Thurgood Marshall
• Department of the Air Force v. Rose
  425 U.S. 352Decided April 21, 19765–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Administrator v. Robertson
  422 U.S. 255Decided June 24, 19757–2Warren E. Burger
• National Labor Relations Board v. Sears
  421 U.S. 132Decided April 28, 19758–0Byron R. White
• Renegotiation Board v. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.
  421 U.S. 168Decided April 28, 19757–1Byron R. White
• Renegotiation Board v. Bannercraft Clothing Co., Inc.
  415 U.S. 1Decided February 19, 19745–4Harry A. Blackmun
• Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink
  410 U.S. 73Decided January 22, 19735–3Byron R. White
• St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States
  368 U.S. 208Decided December 11, 19616–3Tom C. Clark
• United States v. Reynolds
  345 U.S. 1Decided March 9, 19536–3Fred M. Vinson
• United States ex Rel. Touhy v. Ragen
  340 U.S. 462Decided February 26, 19516–2Stanley F. Reed
• Hickman v. Taylor
  329 U.S. 495Decided January 13, 19479–0Frank Murphy

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error