Legal Opinion

Looks Filmproduktionen Gmbh v. Central Intelligence Agency

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided August 5, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2014-1163PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BERYL A. HOWELL, Chief Judge

The plaintiff, LOOKS Filmproduktionen GMBH (“LOOKS”), a German documentary film production and distribution company, brings this case against the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”), asserting two claims: (1) that the CIA unlawfully denied the plaintiff the requested records under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552; and (2) that the CIA wrongfully aggregated the plaintiffs two FOIA requests, in violation of the FOIA and the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶¶ 3, 30, 41, ECF…

2Cases cited79 opinions

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