Legal Opinion
Authority of the Department of Justice to Disclose Statutorily Protected Materials to Its Inspector General in Light of Section 540 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided April 27, 2016Published
1Opinion of the Court
Authority of the Department of Justice to Disclose Statutorily Protected Materials to Its Inspector General in Light of Section 540 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Section 540 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, effectively prohibits the Department of Justice, for the remainder of fiscal year 2016, from denying the Department’s Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) timely access to materials requested by OIG, or preventing or impeding OIG’s access to such materials, pursuant to the Federal Wiretap…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Morton v. MancariSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Berghuis v. ThompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Ali v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Fund for Constitutional Government v. National Archives and Records ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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