Legal Opinion
Competitive Enterprise Institute v. United States National Security Agency
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 13, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2014-0975PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
Over the past several years, Plaintiffs Competitive Enterprise Institute, Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, and Free Market Environmental Law Clinic have filed numerous Freedom of Information Act requests with the Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to obtain information about EPA officials’ phone calls, emails, and text messages. Apparently dissatisfied with this more traditional approach, Plaintiffs now attempt a novel and inventive gambit to obtain these records— they demand them from the National Security Agency.…
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