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Court opinions issued Aug. 3, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Kowal v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- concluding that DEA’s Vaughn indices were adequate and that agency properly withheld records under Exemptions 6, 7(C), 7(D), 7(E), and 7(F), except for its Exemption 7(E) withholdings pertaining to a law enforcement manual.

Judicial Watch v. U.S. Dep’t of State (D.D.C.) -- finding that agency performed reasonable search for Hillary Clinton’s emails and properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege.

King v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- determining that EOUSA performed reasonable search for records concerning plaintiff’s criminal cases and denying his request to recover litigation costs because records were sought “purely for his own benefit” and litigations delays were primarily his responsibility.

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