Legal Opinion

Humane Society International v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided March 29, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2016-0720Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE et al., Civil Action No. 16-720 (TJK) Defendants, and SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL, Defendant-Intervenor. MEMORANDUM OPINION Humane Society International, a nonprofit that promotes animal conservation and welfare, requested records maintained by the Fish and Wildlife Service about the import and export of wildlife under the Freedom of Information Act. The agency released the records but redacted certain categories of information under exemptions for…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States Department of State v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Campbell v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
  3. Brayton v. Office of United States Trade RepresentativeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
  4. Larson v. Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
  5. Critical Mass Energy Project v. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992

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