Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 22, 1998No. Civ.A. 95-133(RCL)PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LAMBERTH, District Judge.
After four years, this case finally offers a light at the end of the tunnel. Currently before the Court is the apparently unprecedented situation in which the defendant Department of Commerce (DOC) has moved for entry of judgment against itself; the plaintiff, Judicial Watch, has vehemently opposed the motion. Unfortunately, this odd posture is not atypical of the extreme positions taken by the litigants in this case. After much deliberation and a thorough review of the extraordinary record in this case, the Court will deny the DOC’s motion for entry…
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