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Court opinions issued Sept. 23, 2019

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia Univ. v. DHS (S.D.N.Y.) -- granting in part and denying in part government’s use of Exemptions 5 and 7(E) to withhold records concerning the government’s authority to deport individuals from the United States based on their speech, beliefs, or associations.

Broward Bulldog, Inc. v. DOJ (11th Cir.) -- (1) affirming district court’s decision that FBI performed adequate search for records concerning 9/11 Review Commission and that agency properly withheld records pursuant to Exemptions 1, 3, 5, and 7(E); and (2) reversing district court’s decision that FBI improperly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 7(C) and that FBI properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 7(D).

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