Upcoming Supreme Court case could hand broadened FOIA censorship powers to corporations
By Michael Morisy, MuckRock, Jan. 15, 2019
Does your right to know which companies are receiving your tax dollars outweigh those companies’ rights to competitive secrets?
That’s the question at stake in an upcoming Supreme Court case set to be heard in April, and the result could either cement the public’s right to know or severely restrict the ability to track the flow of tax dollars into private companies.
“This could be a monumental FOIA case. It could be very good, or this could be disaster for FOIA, depending on what happens here,” said Jonathan Ellis, an investigative reporter with the Argus Leader.
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