NEW YORK TIMES v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 17-2066 August Term 2018.

939 F.3d 479 (2019)

The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY and Charlie Savage Plaintiffs-Appellee-Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

APPEARING FOR APPELLANT: Jeannette A. Vargas , Assistant U.S. Attorney United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York New York, NY.

APPEARING FOR APPELLEES: David Edward McCraw The New York Times Company New York, NY.

Before: Jacobs and Calabresi, Circuit Judges, and Rakoff, District Judge.


Plaintiffs-appellees The New York Times and reporter Charlie Savage (collectively "The Times") seek access under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") to five internal memoranda of defendant-appellant the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and accompanying exhibits. These memoranda and exhibits detail DOJ's legal reasoning and...

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