PEOPLE ETHICAL TREAT. OF ANIMALS v. U.S. DEPT. HHS

No. 16-5269.

901 F.3d 343 (2018)

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Seber argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Damon W. Taaffe , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Elizabeth R. Geise , Washington, DC, was on the brief for amicus curiae American Anti-Vivisection Society in support of appellant.

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


Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) asked the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (collectively, HHS) for information about the importation of nonhuman primates. The importers objected that answering...

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