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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION v. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 12-5363.

739 F.3d 1 (2014)

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Rumold argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was David L. Sobel.

Melanie Sloan and Anne L. Weismann were on the brief for amici curiae Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. in support of appellant.

Daniel Tenny , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and Michael S. Raab , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.

EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge:

Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF") appeals the District Court's denial of its request under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., for disclosure of a legal opinion (the "OLC Opinion") prepared for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the "FBI") by the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC") in the Department of Justice. Elec. Frontier Found. v. Dep't of Justice, 892 F.Supp...

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