Legal Opinion
Public Citizen v. Department of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 25, 2002No. 00-5387PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
When the State Department responds to Freedom of Information Act requests, it generally declines to search for documents produced after the date of the requester’s letter. Challenging this “date-of-request cut-off’ policy, appellant claims that the Department promulgated it without notice and opportunity to comment as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and that, in any event, the policy is unreasonable both generally and as applied to appellant’s particular request because it forces FOIA requesters to file…
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