Legal Opinion

Property of the People, Inc. v. Department of Justice

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 23, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2017-1728Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE, INC., et al. Plaintiffs, No. 17-cv-1728 (EGS) v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs Property of the People, Inc., a non-profit organization, and its founder, Ryan Noah Shapiro, filed suit against the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking records from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) 1 concerning its investigative and non-investigative files of a former congressperson, Dana Rohrabacher of California. See…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Safecard Services, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
  3. Federal Bureau of Investigation v. AbramsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Wolf v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
  5. John Davis v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992

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