BROWARD BULLDOG, INC. v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 17-13787.

939 F.3d 1164 (2019)

BROWARD BULLDOG, INC., a Florida not-for-profit corporation, Dan Christensen, founder, operator, and editor of the BrowardBulldog.com website, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross Appellees, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defendants-Appellees Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Richard Julin , Anaili Medina Cure , Timothy J. McGinn , Raymond V. Miller, Jr. , Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, PA, Kyle Teal , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

Dana Kaersvang , U.S. Attorney General's Office, H. Thomas Byron, III , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Carlos Javier Raurell , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney Service-Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Service-SFL, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

Charles David Tobin , Ballard Spahr, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Fox Television Stations, LLC, Gannett Co., Inc., Gatehouse Media, LLC, Gray Television Group, Inc., Radio Television Digital News Association, Society of Professional Journalists, Tegna Inc., The Associated Press, The National Press Club, The National Press Photographers Association, The New York Times Company, The News Media Alliance, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, WP Company LLC.

David A. Terry , Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae Daniel Robert Graham.

Carli Rodriguez-Feo, Pro Se Amicus Curiae.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.


This appeal involves two requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. In 2015, Broward Bulldog, Inc., a newspaper published in Florida, requested that the Federal Bureau of Investigation disclose documents reviewed by the 9/11 Review Commission. Broward Bulldog and its founder, Dan...

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