Legal Opinion
Milner v. Department of the Navy
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 7, 2011No. 09-1163PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION OF THE COURT
[562 U.S. 564]
2Opinion of the Court · KaganJustice Kagan
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, requires federal agencies to make Government records available to the public, subject to nine exemptions for specific categories of material. This case concerns the scope of Exemption 2, which protects from disclosure material that is “related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency.” § 552(b)(2). Respondent Department of the Navy (Navy or Government) invoked Exemption 2 to deny
[562 U.S. 565]
a FOIA request for data and maps used to help store explosives at a naval base in…
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