Legal Opinion
Conservation Force v. Jewell
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 2, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2012-1665PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
In 2009, the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) denied a series of permit applications that would have allowed certain individuals to import hunting trophies of Canadian bison into the United States. In a search for documents related to that FWS determination, Plaintiff Conservation Force (“Plaintiff’), a nonprofit foundation, submitted a written request to the agency under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2012), and followed with this lawsuit after that document request went entirely unanswered. The…
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