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Court opinions issued June 2, 2021

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Advocates for the West v. Bonneville Power Admin. (D. Or.) -- granting partial summary judgment to plaintiff because agency violated statutory response deadlines, and ordering agency to release 5,000 responsive pages per month.

Judicial Watch v. U.S. Dep’t of State (D.D.C.) -- ruling that: (1) agency conducted adequate search for records concerning President Obama and Secretary Clinton after case was reopened due to the Secretary’s use of a private email server; and (2) plaintiff was precluded from re-raising issues that had been settled before case was reopened.

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