Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 6, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2012-0893Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 12-893 (JDB) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE and FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case arises from identical Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests that Judicial Watch submitted to the Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, seeking any records concerning Anwar Aulaqi,1 an American-born Muslim cleric who was killed by a drone strike in Yemen in September 2011. After several years of document productions and ongoing negotiations,…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Carl Oglesby v. The United States Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- National Archives & Records Administration v. FavishSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Charles E. Perry v. John R. Block, Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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