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Court opinions issued June 7, 2019

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Cable News Network v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) agency properly relied on Exemption 3, in conjunction with the National Security Act of 1947, to redact information from James Comey’s memos concerning his meeting with President Trump; (2) agency properly relied on Exemption 1 with respect to 12 of 20 redactions from Comey’s memos.

Daily Caller News Found. v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- denying FBI’s request for an Open America stay because agency failed to show “exceptional circumstances” or that it made sufficient progress in reducing its backlog; denying plaintiff’s request for FBI to process 1200 pages per month instead of FBI’s usual rate of 500 pages per month.

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