Legal Opinion

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, METROPOLITAN POLICE LABOR COMMITTEE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 26, 2016No. 13-CV-1146Published

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERLY, Associate Judge:

The Fraternal Order of Police (“FOP”) appeals the Superior Court’s order granting summary judgment to the District based on the court’s determination that the District had fulfilled its obligations to respond to FOP’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request. With some dismay, we reverse, but, before FOP and the District resume litigation in Superior Court, we direct them to engage in mediation.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On September 24, 2010, FOP submitted a FOIA request to both the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) and the Office of the Chief Technology…

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