Legal Opinion
Lion Raisins Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 15, 2004No. 02-16696PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA’s”) denial .of three Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests of appellant Lion Raisins (“Lion”). Lion, a large independent handler of California raisins, is the subject of a criminal investigation because the government suspects that Lion falsified documents related to USDA inspections of its raisins. In preparation of its defense, Lion submitted FOIA requests seeking documents related to USDA raisin inspections conducted at Lion’s packing facility and the facilities of its competitors, and…
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