Legal Opinion
Competitive Enterprise Institute v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 29, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2012-1617PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
This Freedom of Information Act case began in controversy and ends in minutia. Alarmed by revelations that Environmental Protection Agency officials had been using secret email addresses to conduct government business, Plaintiff Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think tank dedicated to regulatory and environmental policy, filed a FOIA request seeking information related to former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s use of a secondary email account. EPA produced over 10,000 records in response to this request, provided two sample…
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