FOIA Advisor

Court opinions issued June 13, 2023

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Bloomberg L.P. v. USPS (S.D.N.Y.) -- holding that USPS properly withheld certain anonymized change-of-address data pursuant to Exemption 3 in conjunction with 39 U.S.C. § 410(c)(2), because the requested data relates to a commercial product licensed by the agency.

Bothwell v. DOJ (W.D. Okla.) -- deciding that: (1) DOJ was a proper defendant, but not two DOJ components, and (2) plaintiff exhausted his administrative remedies and properly stated a claim under FOIA.

Rhoades v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs (E.D. Va.) -- concluding that agency performed reasonable search for permitting records and related correspondence from 1983, and that it was not required to ask private land owners if they maintained requested records.

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