Legal Opinion
Electronic Frontier Foundation v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 3, 2014No. 12-5363PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Electronic Frontier Foundation (“EFF”) appeals the District Court’s denial of its request under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., for disclosure of a legal opinion (the “OLC Opinion”) prepared for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “FBI”) by the Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) in the Department of Justice. Elec. Frontier Found, v. Dep’t of Justice, 892 F.Supp.2d 95 (D.D.C.2012). The District Court held that the OLC Opinion, in its entirety, is exempt from FOIA…
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