Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Secret Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 30, 2013No. 11-5282PublishedCited by 251 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Chief Judge:
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Secret Service, seeking records of every visitor to the White House Complex over a period of seven months. The Secret Service denied the request, arguing that the requested documents are not “agency records” subject to disclosure under FOIA. The district court rejected that argument and ordered the agency to release the records or assert specific FOIA exemptions on a document-by-document basis. We reverse in part and affirm in part.
In both the 1974…
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