Legal Opinion
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 24, 2010No. Civil Action 09-1054 (JDB)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. (“CBF”) brings this action against the United States Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking records pertaining to permits for development on two islands in the Magothy River, a tributary of the Chesapeake River. At issue is whether the Corps properly withheld certain records from disclosure pursuant to FOIA exemptions 5 and 7.
The Court denied the parties’ initial motions for summary judgment, concluding that the Corps had “fail[ed] to abide with…
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