Legal Opinion

Fairwarning Inc. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided February 25, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2020-3236Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MYRON LEVIN, Plaintiff, Case No. 20-cv-3236 (JMC) v. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Myron Levin, a journalist, sues the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), seeking information about the agency’s proposed guidelines governing distracted driving. NHTSA produced over 3,000 pages of documents, but many of the pages were heavily redacted. Other documents were completely withheld. NHTSA cites FOIA’s Exemption 5…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. United States Department of Justice v. Tax AnalystsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Brayton v. Office of United States Trade RepresentativeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
  4. Sussman v. United States Marshals ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
  5. Tax Analysts v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997

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