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Court opinions issued Jan. 2, 2024

Court Opinions (2024)Allan BlutsteinComment

Checksfield v. IRS (N.D.N.Y.) -- concluding that agency properly invoked Exemption 3, in conjunction with 26 U.S.C. § 6103, in response to plaintiff’s request for personal and business tax returns of third party.

Curry v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- ruling that FBI’s supplemental briefing adequately justified the agency’s withholdings pursuant to Exemptions 3 (Bank Secrecy Act), 7(A), and 7(E), which pro se plaintiff did not oppose.

Summaries of all published opinions issued in 2024 are available here. Earlier opinions are available here.