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Court opinions issued May 25-26, 2017

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

May 26, 2017

The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten v. U.S. Dep't of Veterans Affairs (D. Conn.) -- concluding that: (1) agency failed to conduct an adequate search for certain records regarding compensation scheme for injuries caused to veterans by contaminated water at Marine Corps base; (2) agency failed to show that Exemption 6 applied to qualifications of agency employees.

May 25, 2016

Cause Action v. IRS (D.D.C.) -- determining that agency performed reasonable search for any records indicating that Executive Office of the President made unauthorized requests for tax return information.

Bloomgarden v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- finding that plaintiff was entitled to attorney's fees and costs given the government's "obdurate behavior that unnecessarily prolonged [the] litigation, but reducing award from $154,885 to $45,518 because of limited success, duplicative efforts, and improper billing techniques. 

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here.