FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Apr. 30, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

NY Times v. FCC (S.D.N.Y) -- finding that agency improperly relied on Exemption 6 to withhold certain server log data associated with electronic submission of public comments regarding agency’s proposal to repeal “net neutrality” rules; further finding that agency failed to demonstrate that producing requested information was unreasonably burdensome.

Rodriguez v. EOUSA (D.D.C.) -- concluding that agency performed adequate search for records of grand jury that indicted plaintiff, but that agency’s Vaughn Index did not provide sufficient information for court to determine propriety of agency’s use of Exemption 3 to withhold all records.

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