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Court opinions issued Sept. 2, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Kowal v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- on third round of summary judgment, concluding that DEA properly relied on Exemption 7(E) to withhold portions of DEA’s Agents’ Manual.

Ctr. for Medical Progress v. HHS (D.D.C.) -- determining that: (1) agency properly invoked Exemption 4 to withhold five categories of disputed records pertaining to University of Pittsburgh’s fetal tissue-related grant application to NIH, and agency sufficiently demonstrated that disclosure would cause foreseeable harm; and (2) agency properly withheld records identifying university’s employees, third-party supporters, and clients pursuant to Exemption 6 due to potential violence and harassment.

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