Multi Ag Media LLC v. Department of Agriculture

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

Dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.

*1226GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

Under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), “an agency must disclose all records requested by ‘any person,’ 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3), unless the information sought falls "within a specific statutory exemption. 5 U.S.C. § 552(d).” Nat’l Ass’n of Retired Fed. Employees v. Horner, 879 F.2d 873, 874 (D.C.Cir.1989). Multi Ag Media LLC (“Multi Ag”), a commercial vendor of agricultural data, has made FOIA requests for various records of farm data maintained by the United…