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Court opinions issued Jan. 31, 2018

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Huntington v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce (D.D.C.) -- concluding after three rounds of litigation that U.S. Patent & Trade Office performed reasonable search for records concerning its Sensitive Application Warning System.  

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights v. DHS (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) government did not show that it conducted adequate search for records concerning Secure Communities program and Priority Enforcement Program; (2) government failed to establish that it properly withheld draft statistical reports pursuant to deliberative process privilege. 

Summaries of all opinions issued since April 2015 available here.