Legal Opinion
Access Reports v. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 1991No. 90-5044PublishedCited by 228 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Once again this court is asked to define the scope of the “deliberative process” privilege contained in Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). See 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5) (1988). Access Reports, a biweekly newsletter that features information on FOIA, seeks a copy of a single internal memorandum written by a staff attorney at the Department of Justice. The memorandum, dated November 25, 1981, contains an analysis of amendments to FOIA proposed by the Department and introduced in…
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