Legal Opinion

Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 17, 2016No. 15-30397PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FORTUNATO P. BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns a reverse-Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) suit brought by Plaintiffs-Appellees Entergy *201Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. and Enter-gy Arkansas, Inc. (collectively, “Entergy”) against Defendant United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to prevent the disclosure of documents requested by Movant-Appellant Sierra Club (“Sierra Club”) via a EOIA request. Sierra Club appeals the district court’s decision denying its motion to intervene of right in the reverse-FOIA suit. For the reasons below, we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

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