Legal Opinion
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 14, 2014No. 12-5183PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SRINIVASAN, Circuit Judge:
This case involves two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PETA requested records concerning NIH investigations of animal abuse at a university research lab, and specifically sought documents related to any investigations into complaints filed against three identified researchers. NIH issued Glomar responses, meaning that the agency refused to confirm or deny the existence of responsive documents on the ground that acknowledging their existence would…
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