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Court opinions issued July 24, 2019

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Shapiro v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- following remand from D.C. Circuit, concluding that FBI properly redacted two-page document pursuant to Exemption 7(E).

King & Spalding v. HHS (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) on reconsideration of earlier decision, Exemptions 6 and 7(C) did not protect names of lawyer(s) who represented confidential source because they had “little or no privacy interest in their ‘representational capacity’ as counsel;” and (2) name of law firm that represented confidential source likewise was not exempt from disclosure.

Satterlee v. Comm’r of IRS (W.D. Mo.) -- determining that Bureau of the Fiscal Service performed reasonable search for records concerning plaintiff and did not withhold any responsive documents.

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