Legal Opinion
Frank LLP v. Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 14, 2017No. Case No. 16–cv–00670 (CRC)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Frank LLP, a New York law firm specializing in consumer class actions, seeks records from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") related to the Bureau's enforcement action against a debt collector. The firm made two requests under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), which the Bureau denied based on several of FOIA's nine exemptions. Frank challenges those denials and, in addition, seeks to invalidate two of the Bureau's policies with respect to withholding documents under FOIA Exemptions 4 and 8. In its motion…
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