Legal Opinion
Edelman v. Securities and Exchange Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 6, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2014-1140PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge
In 2014, Plaintiff Richard Edelman filed six requests under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, with Defendant, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SE.C”), seeking documents related to the formation of a real estate investment trust. After the SEC failed to produce any responsive documents, Edel-man filed this FOIA action, Dkt. 1, and, in turn, the SEC released.over 2,000 pages of responsive records. The SEC then moved for summary judgment, arguing that it had “conducted a reasonable search for documents…
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