Legal Opinion

Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Labor Committee v. District of Columbia

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 2, 2015No. 13-CV-164PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECKWITH, Associate Judge:

The Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Labor Committee, appeals from a trial court order dismissing its Freedom of Information Act claims as moot and denying its application for attorney’s fees. We affirm.

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On February 9, 2012, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) submitted a formal request for documents to the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) pursuant to the D.C. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), D.C.Code §§ 2-581 to -540 (2012 Repl.). FOP requested emails and attachments sent among four D.C. government email addresses during a…

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