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FOIA News: DC Circuit to hear FOIA case

FOIA News (2024)Allan BlutsteinComment

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument in America First Legal Foundation v. USDA, No. 23-5173 on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 9:30am. The issue on appeal is whether multiple agencies properly relied on Exemption 5, including the presidential communications privilege, to withhold strategic plans prepared in response to an Executive Order regarding promoting access to voting. The district court ruled in the government’s favor.

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