Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Police Department Labor Committee
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 12, 2013No. 12-CV-85PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
At issue in this appeal is whether the personal privacy exemption of the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or the “Act”)1 protects from disclosure the names of Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) employees who submitted questions, comments, or concerns to the Chief of Police through an email account known as “Chief Concerns.” The Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Police Department Labor Committee (“FOP”) seeks disclosure of the identities of the employees who sent emails to the “Chief Concerns” email account. The District of…
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