Legal Opinion

Husch Blackwell LLP. v. Department of Commerce

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided October 17, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2024-2733Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 24-2733 (JDB) v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al. Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) dispute over records relating to the addition of two foreign corporations to the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) export restrictions list. Husch Blackwell seeks the final proposal to list the two entities at issue but BIS has withheld the responsive documents under FOIA’s national security and statutory exemptions. Because BIS has failed so far to demonstrate…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. Campbell v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
  3. Morley v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
  4. Larson v. Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
  5. Sussman v. United States Marshals ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007

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