Legal Opinion
Rein v. United States Patent & Trademark Office
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 28, 2009No. 19-4652PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
AGEE, Circuit Judge:
Bert W. Rein and Hunton & Williams (collectively “R & HW”) appeal the district court’s award of summary judgment to the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and Department of Commerce (“DOC”) (collectively “the Agencies”) in their civil action alleging the Agencies did not conduct an adequate search for documents they requested under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2000), and that the Agencies improperly withheld documents as exempt which were discovered during the search. At this juncture, we do not find that the Agencies…
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