CAUSE OF ACTION INST. v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 20-5182.

999 F.3d 696 (2021)

CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan P. Mulvey , Danbury, CT, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was R. James Valvo, III .

Casen B. Ross , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel Tenny , Attorney.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge Rao.


In December 2013, Appellant Cause of Action Institute submitted a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, request to the Office of Information Policy ("OIP") in the Department of Justice ("DOJ") seeking access to specified DOJ records. OIP issued a "final response" to Appellant on January 30, 2018...

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