FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued April 7, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Ctr. for Investigative Reporting v. Dep’t of the Interior (D.D.C.) -- finding that the Office of Solicitor and National Park Service properly invoked the deliberative process privilege in withholding records, but failed to demonstrate that statute’s foreseeable harm standard had been met.

Flete-Garcia v. USMS (D.D.C.) -- ruling that : (1) agency’s “barbones declaration” failed to demonstrate that agency performed adequate search for records concerning plaintiff’s prison transportation; and (2) agency properly withheld records concerning third parties pursuant to Exemption 7(C).

King & Spalding v. HHS (D.D.C.) -- after evaluating six factors, declining to seal law firm’s billing records filed in connection with its motion for attorney’s fees in FOIA case.

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