FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued Feb. 26, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Sierra Club v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife (D.D.C.) -- rejecting agency’s deliberative process privilege claims, ordering release of final agency’s final scientific report pertaining to status of certain deer on endangered-species list, and permitting agency to renew its arguments for withholding draft reports and related commentary.

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. GSA (D.D.C.) -- ordering in camera review of certain communications pertaining to renovation of FBI headquarters that GSA had withheld under Exemptions 5 and 7(E), and requiring agency to file supplemental Vaughn Index addressing portion of those records.

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