Legal Opinion
Labow v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 5, 2016No. 14-5220PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SRINIVASAN, Circuit Judge:
In 2011, appellant Jeffrey Labow came to learn that he had been identified as an anarchist extremist by an FBI agent. La-bow then submitted a request to the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act for any records about himself. Although the FBI released some responsive records to Labow, it withheld disclosure of, or redacted information from, other responsive documents, citing various grounds. The district court upheld the FBI’s withholdings and redactions in full, and granted summary judgment in favor of the agency. We agree in some respects and disagree in others.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Behalf of Judiciary Committee v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- United States Department of Justice v. LandanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Roth Ex Rel. Bower v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Fund for Constitutional Government v. National Archives and Records ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by57 opinions
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