Legal Opinion
Hunton & Williams v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2010No. 08-1635PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge KEELEY joined. Judge MICHAEL wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal centers on communications between the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and a telecommunications company, in which the company allegedly lobbied DOJ to take its side in litigation with a client of law firm Hunton and Williams, LLC (“Hunton”). The district court upheld DOJ’s decision to deny Hunton’s request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2006),…
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