May 7, 2021
Pavement Coatings Tech. Council v. U.S. Geological Survey (D.C. Cir.) -- reversing and remanding district court’s decision that agency properly relied on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold modeling data related to agency’s coal tar sealant studies; affirming district court’s decision that agency properly withheld information concerning study participants pursuant to Exemption 6.
May 4, 2021
Ballow v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- deciding that EOUSA conducted an adequate search for records concerning plaintiff’s extradition from Mexico and that it properly withheld all records pursuant to Exemptions 5, 7(C), and 7(D).
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