| 22-5009 |
Larry Welenc v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exemptions foia foia-exemption freedom-of-information-act investigative-procedure judicial-review standing statute-of-limitations |
Can a US District Court Judge determine that an excised document released under FOIA consists only of a blank sheet and page number falls under a FOIA… |
| 20-7975 |
Larry Welenc v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure district-court document-redaction foia-exemption freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review |
Can a US District Court Judge determine that an excised Document released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, consisting only of a b… |
| 19-1273 |
Assassination Archives and Research Center v. Central Intelligence Agency |
District of Columbia |
2020-05-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law cia-search cia-search-activities deliberative-process-privilege due-process epa-v-mink foia-exemption foia-exemption-5 foia-request freedom-of-information-act kennedy-assassination public-importance summary-judgment tax-analysts |
Whether CIA can assert a deliberative process privilege under Exemption 5 of the FOIA for its search activities in responding to a FOIA request? |
| 18-8255 |
David E. Ponder v. Avalon Correctional Services, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-split civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-protections due-process foia-exemption freedom-of-information inmate-rights prison prison-transparency private-prisons standing takings |
Private for-profit prisons-are-allowed-to-deny-FOIA-and-State-Open-Records laws |
| 18-481 |
Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, dba Argus Leader |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (20) |
circuit-split commercial-information commercial-or-financial-information competitive-harm confidential-information financial-information foia-exemption foia-exemption-4 freedom-of-information-act-foia statutory-interpretation |
Does the statutory term 'confidential' in FOIA Exemption 4 bear its ordinary meaning, regardless of substantial competitive harm? |