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Am. Civil Liberties Union v. Dep't of Def.

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided June 27, 2018No. 17 Civ. 3391 (PAE)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:

This lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 ("FOIA"), concerns a request by the American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") for records held by federal agencies related to an intelligence-gathering raid ("the Raid") in al Ghayil, Yemen that was disclosed and discussed at a series of press briefings by then-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

The ACLU has sought such records from four federal agencies: the Department of Defense ("DoD"), the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA"), the Department of Justice ("Justice"), and the Department of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Larson v. Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
  3. Wolf v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
  4. John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Central Intelligence Agency v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Poulsen v. Dep't of Def.District Court, N.D. California · 2019
  2. American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of DefenseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2020
  3. Bonner v. Federal Bureau Of InvestigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2023
  4. Open Society Justice Initiative v. Central Intelligence AgencyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2020
  5. Open Society Justice Initiative v. Department of DefenseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2021

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