Legal Opinion

Protect the Public's Trust v. Internal Revenue Service

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided February 16, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2023-0340Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROTECT THE PUBLIC’S TRUST, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 23-cv-340-RCL INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Protect the Public’s Trust (“PPT”) has moved the Court to assess an award of attorney’s fees and costs under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”),

5 U.S.C. § 552

et seq., against defendant Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). PPT filed suit after IRS thrice refused to process PPT’s FOIA request and search for documents. After IRS answered PPT’s Complaint and this Court ordered IRS to file a dispositive…

2Cases cited36 opinions

Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice, (Two Cases). Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice. (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
Brayton v. Office of United States Trade RepresentativeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
Cynthia King v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Food & Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006

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