Legal Opinion
Farm Labor Organizing Committee v. U.S. Department of Labor
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 28, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2020-0645Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FARM LABOR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, Plaintiff, Case No. 20-cv-645 (JMC) v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with Defendant U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), seeking records that reveal the companies certain farmers sell tobacco to. See ECF 23 at 35 ¶ 4. 1 DOL produced responsive records but withheld some of the information FLOC sought under Exemption 4 of FOIA. See ECF 23 at 44 ¶ 21. Exemption 4 protects “trade…
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