context: FOIA is designed, however, to benefit the public, not specific litigants.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 437 U.S. 214, 242
citation_a.parenthetical: noting that the "FOIA was not intended to function as a private discovery tool"
citation_a.sentence: NLRB v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 421 U.S. 132, 143 n. 10, 95 S.Ct. 1504, 44 L.Ed.2d 29 (1975) (recognizing that a requester’s “rights under the Act are neither increased nor decreased by reason of the fact that [he or she] claims an interest in the [requested records] greater than that shared by the average members of the public”); see also NLRB v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Company, 437 U.S. 214, 242, 98 S.Ct. 2311, 57 L.Ed.2d 159 (1978) (noting that the “FOIA was not intended to function as a private discovery tool”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.parenthetical: recognizing that a requester's "rights under the Act are neither increased nor decreased by reason of the fact that [he or she] claims an interest in the [requested records] greater than that shared by the average members of the public"
citation_b.sentence: NLRB v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 421 U.S. 132, 143 n. 10, 95 S.Ct. 1504, 44 L.Ed.2d 29 (1975) (recognizing that a requester’s “rights under the Act are neither increased nor decreased by reason of the fact that [he or she] claims an interest in the [requested records] greater than that shared by the average members of the public”); see also NLRB v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Company, 437 U.S. 214, 242, 98 S.Ct. 2311, 57 L.Ed.2d 159 (1978) (noting that the “FOIA was not intended to function as a private discovery tool”).