CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. 07-1912.

560 F.3d 673 (2009)

The CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Cox (argued), Attorney, Lane, Alton & Horst, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard D. Humphrey (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and KENDALL, District Judge.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Between August 2005 and February 2006, the Cornucopia Institute submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture three separate requests for production of various public documents under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. FOIA requires that a public agency respond to such requests within twenty days, id. § 552(a)(6)(A), but an agency may extend the period by ten days upon written notice to the party making...

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