Legal Opinion
Exxon Corp. v. Department of Energy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 28, 1983No. Civ. A. 78-0531PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION .
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
This action concerns certain requests of plaintiff, Exxon Corporation (“Exxon”), under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 for records kept by defendant, the Department of Energy (“DOE”). At an earlier stage of this litigation, this Court, upon consideration of motions filed by both parties, ruled that Exxon’s FOIA requests were “reasonably descriptive of materials sought” and ordered DOE to undertake a search for documents responsive to those requests. 1
Thereafter, DOE conducted a search for such documents. DOE…
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