Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union v. U.S. Department of Justice
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 18, 2017No. 15-cv-9002 (PKC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CASTEL, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (together, “ACLU”), commenced this Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) action seeking the disclosure of a May 2003 memorandum concerning common commercial service agreements written by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) (the “Memorandum”).
Currently before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment which raise the issue of whether the government may withhold the Memorandum under any one of three claimed…
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