Legal Opinion
Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 16, 2008No. 07-2218PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, District Judge.
In this action, the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation (the “Coalition”) seeks disclosure of a number of documents from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Corps on the basis that the deliberative process privilege, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5), exempts all 83 documents responsive to the request. The Coalition appeals from the judgment and we remand for further proceedings.
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The Corps conducted a study of flood risk…
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