Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Tennessee Valley Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 29, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2012-1852PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Now before the Court is plaintiffs Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. ECF No. 3. Upon consideration of this Motion, defendant’s opposition, ECF No. 9, plaintiffs reply, ECF No. 14, and applicable law, this Court will DENY plaintiffs motion and, because it lacks personal jurisdiction over defendant, will TRANSFER the case to the Eastern District of Tennessee.
II. BACKGROUND 1
Between April and June 2012, Sierra Club filed several FOIA requests with the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) 2 seeking information regarding a Tennessee…
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