Legal Opinion
Yanofsky v. United States Department of Commerce
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 6, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2019-2290Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) DAVID YANOFSKY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 19-cv-2290 (KBJ) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) COMMERCE, ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff David Yanofsky is a journalist who “rel[ies] on the analysis of datasets to identify newsworthy trends[.]” (Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶ 3.) On February 26, 2016, Yanofsky sent a request to the United States Department of Commerce (“DOC”) u nder the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking data files for the I- 92 United States International Air Travel Statistics…
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