Legal Opinion

New Civil Liberties Alliance v. Securities and Exchange Commission

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided August 29, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2022-3567Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE, Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 1: 22-cv-03567 (CJN) SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted a FOIA request to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a “control deficiency” that allowed enforcement personnel to access adjudicative materials. Following various procedural steps, the following issues remain unresolved: whether the Commission properly withheld certain materials as covered by the attorney work-product doctrine or as unduly…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Gary A. Soucie v. Edward E. David, Jr., Director, Office of Science and TechnologyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  3. United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  4. Federal Open Market Committee of Federal Reserve System v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Loving v. Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008

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