Legal Opinion

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided September 30, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2020-0212Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, v. No. 20-0212 (EGS) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction Plaintiff Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) has sued Defendant U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Declaratory Judgment Act,

28 U.S.C. §§ 2201

and 2202. See Compl., ECF No. 1 ¶ 1.1 CREW challenges DOJ’s decision to withhold responsive records—specifically, three spreadsheets of…

2Cases cited52 opinions

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
Safecard Services, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
Carl Oglesby v. The United States Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
Military Audit Project, Felice D. Cohen, Morton H. Halperin v. William Casey, Director of Central IntelligenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981

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