Court Decisions
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Leonard v. Dep't of the Treasury, No. 10-6625, 2013 WL 4517912 (D.N.J. Aug. 26, 2013) (Kugler, J.)
Re: Taxpayer Identification Numbers of Third Parties
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Exemption 3: The court holds that defendant correctly invoked Exemption 3. The court finds that, "[i]t is undisputed that Internal Revenue Code section 6103 is [] a qualifying statute." The court explains that, "[t]his Code provision prohibits the disclosure of 'third-party tax...
Marcusse v. DOJ, No. 12-1025, 2013 WL 4505292 (D.D.C. Aug. 26, 2013) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)
Re: Request for records pertaining to plaintiff's convictions for mail fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment; directing further supplementation of the record
- Litigation Considerations, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies: The court partially "grant[s] defendants' motion to dismiss," but "[s]ince the record contains sufficient...
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. FDA, No. C-12-04376, 2013 WL 4511936 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 23, 2013) (Laporte, Chief Magistrate J.)
Re: Request for records concerning egg production farm
Disposition: Granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment in part and denying in part
- Exemption 4: The court concludes that defendant "has shown a likelihood of substantial competitive harm due to underbidding for at least some of the redacted information." Defendants redacted information concerning "(1) total hen population; (2)...
Barouch v. DOJ, No. 12-0129, 2013 WL 4494686 (D.D.C. Aug. 23, 2013) (Berman Jackson, J.)
Re: First party request for records
Disposition: Granting defendants' motions for summary judgment in part and denying in part
- Procedural: The court grants Treasury's motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff did not "produce any evidence that he submitted a FOIA or Privacy Act request to Treasury, let alone a copy of the request itself to the court." "[T]here is no genuine dispute that no...
ACLU of Mich. v. FBI, No. 12-2536, 2013 WL 4436533 (6th Cir. Aug. 21, 2013) (Boggs, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning the FBI’s "use of community-level racial and ethnic demographic data"
Disposition: Affirming district court's judgment in favor of the FBI
- Exemption 7A: The Sixth Circuit holds that the FBI properly invoked Exemption 7(A) to withhold maps, intelligence notes, program assessments and electronic communications pertaining to "the FBI's use of race and ethnic...
Cunningham v. DOJ, No. 13-188, 2013 WL 4446795 (D.D.C. Aug. 21, 2013) (Collyer, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning decision to deny plaintiff federal crime victim status
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion for summary judgment
- Proper Party Defendants & Jurisdiction: The court dismisses the claims brought against the individual federal employee defendants named in the suit. "[I]n FOIA cases, individual federal employees are not proper parties; only agencies in the e...
Freeman v. Bennett, No. 5:12-CT-3147-FL, 2013 WL 4460916 (E.D.N.C. Aug. 20, 2013) (Flanagan, J.)
Re: In context of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim brought by plaintiff
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion to dismiss
- Proper Party Defendants: The court notes that plaintiff has not shown good cause for why he has failed to obtain service on various defendants. Plaintiff stated that he filed FOIA "request to obtain their proper names and addresses." However, the court notes that FOIA "does not...
Watters v. DOJ, No. 10-CV-270-GKF-PJC, 2013 WL 4482968 (N.D. Okla. Aug. 20, 2013) (Frizzell, Chief J.)
Re: First party request for records
Disposition: Granting defendants' motion for summary judgment
- Adequacy of Search: The court holds that defendants conducted a reasonable and adequate search for records. The court finds that the "searches described in the Declarations were reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents." The FBI located "only one file maintained by the Oklahoma...
Hiken v. DOD, No. 06-cv-02812-YGR, 2013 WL 4496336 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 19, 2013) (Gonzalez Rogers, J.)
Re: Defendants' request for de novo review of defendants' objection to certain recommendations issued by magistrate judge in response to plaintiffs' motion to alter or amend judgment of the district court with respect to award of attorney fees
Disposition: Denying plaintiffs' motion to alter or amend judgment
- Attorney Fees: The court declines to find that there was clear legal or factual...
Cause of Action v. FTC, No. 1:12-cv-00850-EGS, 2013 WL 4406875 (D.D.C. Aug. 19, 2013) (Sullivan, J.)
Re: Request for records concerning guides published by the FTC concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising and revisions to guide to include social media and bloggers; request for records concerning FTC's history of granting fee waivers and request for records concerning FTC's evaluation of plaintiff's fee waiver requests
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for...