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Court opinions issued May 4 & May 7, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

May 7, 2021

Pavement Coatings Tech. Council v. U.S. Geological Survey (D.C. Cir.) -- reversing and remanding district court’s decision that agency properly relied on Exemption 5’s deliberative process privilege to withhold modeling data related to agency’s coal tar sealant studies; affirming district court’s decision that agency properly withheld information concerning study participants pursuant to Exemption 6.

May 4, 2021

Ballow v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- deciding that EOUSA conducted an adequate search for records concerning plaintiff’s extradition from Mexico and that it properly withheld all records pursuant to Exemptions 5, 7(C), and 7(D).

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