Legal Opinion
Argus Leader Media v. Food Marketing Institute
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2018No. 17-1346PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
*915 This case returns to us after a bench trial. Intervenor Food Marketing Institute (FMI) argues the district court 1 erred in finding that Exemption 4 to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is inapplicable to data held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Most of the relevant facts are set out in our previous opinion. See Argus Leader Media v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. , 740 F.3d 1172 , 1173-75 (8th Cir. 2014). The data in question come from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The USDA issues SNAP participants a card (like a debit card) to use to buy…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Food and Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Jose M. Quinon and G. Richard Strafer v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Peltier v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Christopher W. Madel v. U.S. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
- Argus Leader Media v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader MediaSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
- Argus Leader Media v. United States Department of AgricultureDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2020