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Court opinions issued Apr. 20, 2017

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Prince v. NLRB (S.D. Ohio) -- holding that agency was not required to create records in order to answer plaintiff's legal questions.

Coffey v. Bureau of Land Mgmt. (D.D.C.) -- determining that: (1) agency was not required to pay interest on processing fees that were refunded to plaintiff; and (2) agency failed to adequately search for records of communications between two named employees and contractors concerning agency's "Wild Horse and Burro Program."

Shapiro v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- finding that FBI properly relied on Exemption 7(E) to withhold reports generated by "Accurint" database even though agency's use of database was public knowledge.  

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here.