Legal Opinion
Lucaj v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2017No. 16-1381PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) “implements a general philosophy of full agency disclosure of government records,” Detroit Free Press Inc. v. DOJ, 829 F.3d 478, 480 (6th Cir. 2016) (en banc) (internal quotation marks omitted), subject to certain exemptions. At issue in this case is the exemption from disclosure for “matters that are ... inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters that would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.” 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5) (2012). The Defendants-Appellees, the…
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