Legal Opinion
Price v. U.S. Department of Justice Attorney Office
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 4, 2017No. 15-5314PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*678GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the government may deny a criminal defendant’s request under the Freedom of Information Act for records related to his case on the ground that he waived his right to seek that information as part of a plea agreement. In this case the answer is no, because the government has failed to identify any legitimate criminal-justice interest served by the waiver.
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In March 2007, William Price pled guilty in the Western District of Missouri to two offenses involving production and receipt of child pornography.1 In exchange for a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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