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Climate Investigations Ctr. v. U.S. Dep't of Energy

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 19, 2018No. Case No. 16-cv-00124 (APM)PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge

This is the second time that this Freedom of Information Act dispute has come before the court. At issue is Defendant U.S. Department of Energy's response to Plaintiff Climate Investigations Center's request for records concerning the funding and development of a clean-coal technology power plant in Mississippi, known as the "Kemper Project." Dissatisfied with Defendant's response, both with respect to the search conducted and the withholdings of portions of responsive records, Plaintiff filed suit in this court, challenging both.

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