Legal Opinion
Dismukes v. Department of Interior
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 19, 1984No. 84-0757PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
This action arises under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1977). The single issue presented by the pending cross dispositive motions is whether a FOIA requester may specify the format of data he seeks from an agency.
Plaintiff Philip Dismukes brings this action to obtain a copy of a computer tape listing by name and address the participants in the six 1982 Bureau of Land Man agement (“BLM”) Simultaneous Oil and Gas Leasing (“SOG”) bimonthly lotteries. Defendant Department of the Interior (“Interior”) has advised…
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