DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC. v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 14-1670.

796 F.3d 649 (2015)

DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Steve Frank , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Herschel P. Fink , Detroit Free Press, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Steve Frank , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Herschel P. Fink , Detroit Free Press, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, Paul R. McAdoo , McAdoo Law PLLC, Ypsilanti, Michigan, for Appellee. Bruce D. Brown , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of The Press, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Before: GUY, COOK, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Detroit Free Press v. United States Department of Justice, 73 F.3d 93 (1996) (Free Press I), held that the Freedom of Information Act requires government agencies to honor requests for the booking photographs of criminal defendants who have appeared in court during ongoing proceedings...

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