Legal Opinion
Dixie Fuel Co. v. Callahan
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided February 26, 2001No. 2:03-misc-00005PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FORESTER, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon the motion of plaintiff for attorney’s fees pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E). The facts of this case are adequately documented in the record, therefore they need not be reiterated here. Having been fully briefed, this matter is ripe for review.
I. ANALYSIS
A. FOIA Attorney’s Fees Framework
“The Congressional policy behind the FOIA is to encourage public access to government information and to enable individual citizens to pursue their statutory rights by eliminating…
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