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Court opinions issued Nov. 30, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Powell v. IRS (D.D.C.) -- denying plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of interlocutory order in government’s favor regarding plaintiff’s request for his and his family’s tax records, noting that plaintiff failed to meet Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b)’s “as justice requires” standard. In a separate ruling, the court denied plaintiff’s request to supplement plaintiff’s “already-supplemented, thrice-amended Complaint.”

Cole v. Copan (D.D.C.) -- determining that Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology: properly interpreted scope of plaintiff’s request concerning 7 World Trade Center, performed a reasonable search, and properly withheld records pursuang to Exemption 3 in conjunction with 15 U.S.C. § 7301.

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