Maydak
was only the seventh case in the nearly 35-year history of the FOIA in which
the Supreme Court turned down the government's petition for its review. Over
the years, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari petitions in a total of
32 FOIA cases, although the numbers of such cases have been declining in recent
years. See FOIA Update,
Vol. VI, No. 2, at 1-2 (describing first 19 Supreme Court FOIA cases as
of 1985); see also FOIA Post, "Supreme
Court Rules in Exemption 5 Case" (posted 4/4/01); FOIA
Update, Vol. XX, No. 1, at 1; FOIA
Update, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, at 1; FOIA
Update, Vol. XV, No. 2, at 2; FOIA
Update, Vol. XIV, No. 3, at 10; FOIA
Update, Vol. XIII, No. 1, at 1; FOIA
Update, Vol. X, No. 4, at 1-2; FOIA
Update, Vol. X, No. 3, at 1-2; FOIA
Update, Vol. X, No. 2, at 1; FOIA
Update, Vol. IX, No. 2, at 1-2; FOIA
Update, Vol. VIII, No. 3, at 1-2;
FOIA Update, Vol. IV, No. 4, at 11; FOIA
Update, Vol. III, No. 2, at 5. (posted 8/7/01)
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