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Court opinions issued June 21, 2019

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Whittaker v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling that FBI failed to explain with reasonable specificity how Exemption 7(E) categorically protects the results of its “National Agency Check.”

Poulsen v. DOD (N.D. Cal.) -- determining that plaintiff was ineligible for attorney’s fees notwithstanding government’s partial withdrawal of Glomar responses following two intervening public acknowledgments relevant to plaintiff’s request.

Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.