October 2019 FOIA Litigation with Five-Year Monthly Trends
By FOIA Project Staff, Nov. 19, 2019
During the month of October 2019 federal district courts saw a total of 96 new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits filed under 5 U.S.C. 552. To place this number in perspective, 96 new filings compares with a monthly average of 73 filings during the last 12 months. This month’s total brought overall FOIA filings on an annual basis for these last 12 months to 872.
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