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Court opinions issued July 21, 2021

Chelmowski v. United States (D.D.C.) -- finding that EPA performed adequate search for records pertaining to plaintiff and that it properly withheld certain records pertaining to Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege and Exemption 6.

Chelmowski v. United States (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) FCC’s search fees and its demand for advanced payment were reasonable; (2) FCC and NARA performed adequate searches concerning plaintiff; and (3) government’s withholdings under Exemptions 4, 5, 6, and 7(E) were not directly challenged or undermined by plaintiff.

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