NAT. SEC. COUNSELORS v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 15-5117.

848 F.3d 467 (2017)

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELORS and Jeffrey Stein, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly B. McClanahan argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

Brian P. Hudak , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Before: Brown, Srinivasan, and Wilkins, Circuit Judges.


The Freedom of Information Act generally provides for persons to request the disclosure of records retained by administrative agencies. FOIA also addresses the charging of fees by agencies to process the release of records.

This case involves challenges raised by two separate FOIA requesters to the fees assessed...

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