Legal Opinion
In Defense of Animals v. United States Department of Agriculture
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 18, 2009No. Civil Action 02-557 (RWR)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiff In Defense of Animals (“IDA”) brought this action against the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) seeking to compel the disclosure of records relating to the USDA’s investigation of Huntingdon Life Sciences, Inc. (“HLS”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Life Sciences Research, Inc. (“LSR”), the parent company of HLS, later intervened as a defendant in this action. At trial, the defendants carried the burden to prove that information contained in the 1017 pages of agency records remaining…
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