Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2013No. 12-2536PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), which seeks release of information from the FBI about the agency’s use of community-level racial and ethnic demographic data. The ACLU appeals the district court’s holding that the FBI appropriately withheld records under Exemption 7(A), which deals with law enforcement information whose release could “interfere with enforcement proceedings.” 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A). In particular, the ACLU argues that because racial and ethnic demographic data…
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