FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Sept. 11, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Campaign for Accountability v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- rejecting plaintiff’s allegation that all legal opinions of Office of Legal Counsel must be affirmatively disclosed under FOIA’s “reading-room” provision, but concluding that OLC opinions “that resolve disputes between agencies” plausibly qualify for disclosure.

Rossmann v. SSA (D.D.C.) -- finding that plaintiff failed to administratively appeal agency’s response to his FOIA/PA request for records concerning Supplemental Security Income benefits.

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