FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Mar. 31, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Am. Oversight v. OMB (D.D.C.) -- concluding that OMB failed to perform adequate searches for agency’s communications with the White House concerning the FBI headquarters building and the Old Postal Office Pavilion, and that OMB properly withheld some, but not all, records pursuant to Exemption 5’s presidential communications privilege.

Webster v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling that FBI performed reasonable search for records concerning plaintiff Carl Oglesby, and the government properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 1, 3, 7(C), 7(D), and 7(E).

Mabie v. EOUSA (S.D. Ill.) -- dismissing plaintiff’s FOIA claims as sanction for using profane, belligerent, and abusive language when speaking to opposing counsel, leveling unfounded accusations and threatening opposing counsel, insulting the judge and Court employees, and impugning the integrity of judicial proceedings.

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