FOIA Advisor

Court opinion issued Dec. 9, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

WP Co. v. U.S. Dep’t of State (D.D.C.) -- denying plaintiff’s request for attorney’s fees because: (1) legal relationship between the parties was not changed by court’s issuance of “a routine scheduling order” imposing deadline on agency to make a final determination on plaintiff’s request; and (2) plaintiff failed to show that its lawsuit was “necessary” to or “caused” production of documents.

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