Legal Opinion
Fraternal Order of Police v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 23, 2012No. 11-CV-545PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERLY, Associate Judge:
This case requires us to determine whether a party who prevails in a Freedom of Information Act1 (FOIA) lawsuit is automatically entitled to attorney’s fees under that statute, and, if not, what criteria a trial court should consider when determining whether to award fees. Although the District of Columbia’s FOIA statute became law almost forty years ago, we have never addressed this issue. By contrast, the jurisprudence in the federal courts on federal FOIA fee awards is well-developed and largely uniform: attorneys for prevailing parties are not automatically…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Nationwide Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Arthur Sampson, Administrator, U. S. General Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Davy v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- Tax Analysts v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by12 opinions
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