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Court opinions issued Sept. 24, 2019

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- concluding that DOJ failed to meet its burden to detail the reasonably foreseeable harms that would occur if agency disclosed emails of Sally Yates, which DOJ withheld under Exemption 5 (deliberative process privilege).

Prop. of People, Inc. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- finding that: (1) FBI needed to submit Vaughn Index in order for court determine whether FBI properly issued partial Glomar response under Exemptions 6 & 7(C) to protect certain records about Congressman Dana Roherbacher; and (2) FBI did not perform adequate search for other records pertaining to Congressman Rohrabacher.

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