Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 6, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2015-0690PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
In recent years, there has been something of an uproar over State Department officials’ use of private email addresses to conduct official State business. Judicial Watch, Inc., submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, with the goal of ascertaining how broadly across the State Department private email was used. Because the request was not a request for records governed by FOIA but instead was a request for information outside of FOIA, the Court will enter summary judgment in favor of the State…
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