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Court opinions issued July 8, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Behar v. DHS (2d Cir.) -- reversing district court’s decision and holding that: (1) records obtained by the Secret Service from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and transition were not “agency records” because agency did not control them; and (2) even if disputed records qualified as agency records, they were protected from disclosure under Exemption 7(C).

O'Brien v. DOJ (E.D. Pa.) -- determining that FBI properly withheld records concerning plaintiff’s co-defendant pursuant to Exemptions 3, 6, 7(A), 7(C), 7(D), and 7(E).

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