Animal Legal Defense Fund v. U.S. Dep't of Agric.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
N.R. Smith, Circuit Judge:
The Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") requires federal agencies to make certain agency records "available for public inspection in an electronic format." 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2). FOIA's judicial-review provision authorizes district courts to enjoin violations of this "reading-room" provision. See id. § 552(a)(4)(B).
BACKGROUND
The Legal Landscape
Congress designed FOIA "to pierce the veil of administrative secrecy and to open agency action to the light of public scrutiny." Dep't of Air Force v. Rose , 425 U.S. 352, 361, 96 S.Ct. 1592, 48 L.Ed.2d 11 (1976) (quoting Rose…
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