NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Docket Nos. 13-422 (L), 13-445(CON).

756 F.3d 100 (2014)

The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Charlie Savage, Scott Shane, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, United States Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. McCraw , The New York Times Company, New York, NY ( Stephen N. Gikow , New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants The New York Times Company, Charlie Savage, and Scott Shane.

Jameel Jaffer , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY ( Hina Shamsi , Brett Max Kaufman , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Joshua Colangelo-Bryan , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, NY, Eric Ruzicka , Colin Wicker , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, M.N., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.

Sharon Swingle , U.S. Appellate Staff Atty., Washington, D.C. ( Preet Bharara , U.S. Atty., Sarah S. Normand , Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, NY, Stuart F. Delery , Acting Asst. U.S. Atty. General, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

( Bruce D. Brown , Mark Caramanica , Aaron Mackey , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press, Arlington, V.A., for amicus curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.).

( Marc Rotenberg , Alan Butler , Ginger McCall , David Brody , Julia Horwitz , Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Electronic Privacy Information Center, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.).

Before: NEWMAN, CABRANES, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal of a judgment dismissing challenges to denials of requests under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") presents important issues arising at the intersection of the public's opportunity to obtain information about their government's activities and the legitimate interests of the Executive Branch in maintaining secrecy about matters of national security. The issues assume added importance because the information sought concerns...

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