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Court opinions issued Sept. 18, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Judicial Watch v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- ruling that DOJ properly invoked Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold four drafts of Acting Attorney General Yates’ January 30, 2017 memorandum regarding Executive Order 13,769.

Lindsey v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- on renewed summary judgment, concluding that: (1) FBI performed adequate search for records pertaining to arrest of Lebanese-American businessman at Dulles Airport in 2003; and (2) FBI properly refused to confirm or deny existence of any other records concerning same individual pursuant to Exemptions 1, 3, and 7(C).

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