MATTHEW A. GOLDSTEIN, PLLC v. U.S. DEPT. OF STATE

No. 16-5034.

851 F.3d 1 (2017)

MATTHEW A. GOLDSTEIN, PLLC, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Goldstein argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Katherine Twomey Allen, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and H. Thomas Byron, III, Attorney.

Before: Griffith, Srinivasan, and Millett, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiff is a law firm that advises clients on U.S. law that regulates the international arms trade. Concerned that the State Department might enforce arms-control regulations against it in a way that would force disclosure of confidential client information, the law firm seeks declaratory and injunctive relief. The...

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