Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. United States Department of Interior
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 6, 2004No. CIV.A. 03-00652(RMC)PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLYER, District Judge.
In this lawsuit brought under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Alaska Wilderness League, Defenders of Wildlife, and The Wilderness Society 1 mount a broad attack on the handling of two specific FOIA requests and the entire FOIA program at the Department of Interior (“DOI”). Both parties have filed motions for summary judgment.
I.BACKGROUND
Two separate, overlapping, FOIA requests are at issue here.
A. The ANWR Request
By letter dated February 26, 2002, Plaintiffs submitted a FOIA request to the DOI…
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