ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN.

No. 13-17131.

819 F.3d 1102 (2016)

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte M.F. Cooper (argued), Derek F. Knerr , and Scott Lindlaw , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lindsey Powell (argued), Dara S. Smith , and Michael S. Raab , Civil Division, Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, and Victoria R. Carradero , Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge GRABER; per curiam Concurrence.


OPINION

Plaintiff Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request with the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") regarding egg-production farms in Texas. The FDA released almost 400 pages of documents but redacted data regarding total hen population, number of hen houses, number of floors...

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