Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 16, 2000No. CIV. A. 00-1396(JR)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERTSON; District Judge.
Judicial Watch, Inc., self-anointed “representative of the news media” and paladin for the public interest, seeks judicial review of the Justice Department’s denial of its application for a waiver of the fee provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A). Judicial Watch demands that the Department of Justice conduct a free search for materials related in any way to the “Decision(s) by Attorney General Janet Reno, the Department of Justice, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and/or other persons and en tities to return Elian…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2782, Edward v. Hanlon, and Ruth A. Sanders Hanlon v. U.S. Department of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- David Paul Larson v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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