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Court opinion issued Oct. 27, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Connell v. U.S. Southern Command (D.D.C. 2020) -- determining that: (1) agency properly relied on Exemption 3 in conjunction with 10 U.S.C. § 130b, to withhold names of individuals assigned to military unit in Guantanamo Bay; (2) agency properly invoked Exemption 6 to withhold personally identifying information of military personnel below the rank of Major, Lieutenant Colonel, or Colonel, but that neither party was entitled to summary judgment on any records withheld about military personnel at those ranks or their GS equivalents.

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