Legal Opinion
Argus Leader Media v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 28, 2014No. 12-3765PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or program) is one of America’s largest and fastest-growing welfare arrangements: between 2007 and 2011, spending “more than doubled ... from about $30 billion to $72 billion.” 1 Amid increasing public scrutiny of this burgeoning program, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, newspaper called the Argus Leader (Argus) wondered how much money individual retailers received from taxpayers each year through the program. Invoking the federal law meant to bring disclosure sunlight to the…
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- Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
- United States v. GonzalesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by11 opinions
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