FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Dec. 23, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund v. ATF (2nd Cir.) -- reversing district court’s decision and holding that data requested from agency’s Firearms Trace System was protected from disclosure pursuant to a congressional rider even though that rider did not specifically cite Exemption 3 per the OPEN FOIA Act.

Berryhill v. Bonneville Power Admin. (D. Or.) -- determining that agency performed adequate search for records concerning plaintiff’s property and that it properly redacted records pursuant to Exemption 5’s deliberative process and attorney-client privileges.

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