FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Mar. 22, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Huggans v. EOUSA (D.D.C.) -- ruling that FBI, ATF, DEA, and EOUSA properly refused to search for records pertaining to third-party informant because the responsive records were categorically exempt under Exemption 7(C).

Stonehill v. IRS (D.D.C.) -- concluding that agency erroneously relied on doctrine of res judicata to deny request for records related to agency’s processing of plaintiff’s earlier FOIA request.

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