Legal Opinion

New York Times Co. v. United States Deparment of Justice

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 23, 2014No. 13-422-cvPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The Government has filed a petition for rehearing 1 with respect to our decision in The New York Times v. United States Department of Justice, 752 F.3d 123 (2d Cir.2014), which primarily concerned a request under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) for disclosure of a memorandum prepared by the Office of Legal Counsel for the Department of Defense (“OLC-DOD Memorandum”). Our decision was reflected in two documents — a public document and a sealed document.

The public document set forth the Court’s reasons for ordering disclosure of the OLC-DOD Memorandum, but…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Coastal States Marketing, Inc. v. New England Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  2. New York Times Co. v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
  2. New York Times Co. v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
  3. American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016

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