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Court opinion issued Aug. 27, 2020

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Cole v. Copan (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) performed adequate search for interviews concerning the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City; (2) NIST properly relied on Exemption 3 in conjunction with 15 U.S.C. § 7306 to withhold interviews of emergency response personnel; and (3) NIST failed to clearly show that it could not segregate non-exempt information from Exemption 6-protected information included in interview of private individual.

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