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Tag: FOIA litigation
Court orders FBI to release information sought in FOIA request
From Federation of American Scientists:
As often happens, the Federal Bureau of Investigation invoked national security a few years ago to justify withholding certain information from a Freedom of Information Act requester named Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 26, 2012
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
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Court: California university must move to disclose venture returns
From Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct 23, 2012) – The University of California must try to obtain and then disclose closely guarded information on the investment performance of venture capital funds managed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, a state judge said in a tentative ruling made public on Tuesday.
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U.S. Supreme Court takes up VA law denying non-Virginians right to FOIA requests
From Examiner.com:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it will hear the appeal of Mark J. McBurney and Roger W. Hurlbert, both non-Virginians. McBurney and Hurlbert were denied Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for government documents because Virginia law prohibits non-Virginians from using the Freedom of Information Act law.
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Group wants cost info on Obama’s daughter’s spring break trip
From LegalNewsline.com:
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service to determine how much taxpayer money was spent on security for President Barack Obama’s daughter’s spring break trip to Mexico.
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Delaware Chancery Court appeals ban on private arbitration
From The News Journal:
WILMINGTON – The Delaware Court of Chancery is asking the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate its controversial private arbitration process that critics have called a “secret court.”
Attorneys representing Chancery Court filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court in Wilmington today. The one paragraph notice did not outline the reasons for the appeal.
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City to appeal ruling that it has to turn over police personnel records to newspaper
From The Republic:
OWENSBORO, Ky. — An open records dispute between city officials in Owensboro and the town’s newspaper is headed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
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SEIU Sues Jackson Health, CEO Carlos Migoya For Public Records
From Becker’s Hospital Review:
Service Employees International Union Local 1991 has sued Miami’s Jackson Health System and CEO Carlos Migoya over public record requests about hospital business, according to a South Florida Business Journal report.
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Texas Open Meetings Act upheld
From MySanAntonio.com:
In a victory for open government, a federal court Tuesday ruled against a lawsuit filed by Texas municipal officials who have been fighting for six years to escape criminal penalties for holding public meetings behind closed doors.
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