Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 1, 2006No. 05-5366PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1995, Judicial Watch, Inc. filed an action in the District Court under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking information from the Department of Commerce (“DOC”) regarding DOC’s selection of participants for foreign trade missions. In May 1995, following a search in response to Judicial Watch’s FOIA requests, DOC produced approximately 28,000 pages of nonexempt information and withheld about 1,000 documents as exempt. Disputes arose between the parties over the adequacy of…
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