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Court opinion issued July 18, 2023

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Am. First Legal Found. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. (D.D.C.) -- holding that 14 agencies properly relied on Exemption 5’s presidential communications privliege to withhold in full strategic plans each agency had prepared “in response to an Executive Order regarding promoting access to voting Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and head of the Domestic Policy Council within the White House”; further holding that White House Special Counsel adequately showed foreseeable harm by identifying potential chilling effects on confidential and canid presidential decision-making, consistent with other rulings withun the Circuit.

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