Legal Opinion
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 28, 2018No. Case No. 1:17–cv–00432–TNMPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TREVOR N. MCFADDEN, United States District Judge
In this suit, the Plaintiff Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ("CREW") seeks a court order requiring the publication of "all existing and future ... formal written opinions" issued by the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC"), Compl. 8-9, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice that provides "the opinion of the Attorney General on questions of law" arising within the executive branch. 28 U.S.C. § 512. CREW contends that these documents are subject to the Freedom of Information Act's "reading room" provision, which requires…
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