Punch and Jurists

Analytical Surveys, Inc. v. Tonga Partners, L.P., No. 09-2622-cv (2nd Cir.) (684 F.3d 36) (June 4, 2012) (Judge Debra Ann Livingston) by In an appeal of a judgment of liability for profits earned in short-swing insider trading prohibited by section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78p(b), …

Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, No. 06-9130 (U.S. Supreme Court) (552 U.S. 214; 128 S.Ct. 831) (January 22, 2008) (Justice Thomas) by Resolving a Circuit split, the Court held, by a 5-to-4 vote, that held that employees of the BOP are immune from lawsuits under the FTCA for mishandling …

A.C.L.U. v. Department of Defense, No. 04 Civ. 4151 (AKH) (S.D.N.Y.) (389 F.Supp.2d 547) (September 29, 2005) (Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein) by On October 7, 2003, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Government, seeking information regarding the mistreatment of detainees …

Jefferson v. Department of Justice, No. 00-5449 (D.C. Cir.) (284 F.3d 172) (April 2, 2002) (Judge Judith W. Rogers) by Here a divided panel held that under Exemption 7(C) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(C)), the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is not entitled …

Bennett v. Drug Enforcement Admin., No. Civ.A. 98-745(GK) (D.D.C.) (55 F.Supp.2d 36) (June 30, 1999) (Judge Gladys Kessler) by This is an astonishing FOIA case which chronicles the exploits of the highest paid confidential informant in DEA history and shows how the Government then seeks to hide that information from …

Scheer v. U.S Dept. of Justice, No. Civ.A. 98-1613(RMU) (D.D.C.) (35 F.Supp.2d 9) (January 28, 1999) (Judge Ricardo M. Urbina) by Here the Court rejected the Government's claim of privilege under 5 USC § 552(b)(7)(A) in a Freedom of Information Act request, after concluding that the Government had already shown …

Kimberlin v. Department of Justice, No. 96-5250 (D.C. Cir.) (139 F.3d 944) (April 7, 1998) (Judge Douglas Ginsburg) by Plaintiff, who blew the whistle of Don Quayle for smoking pot, brought suit under the FOIA; and this case gives a relatively detailed summary of the law dealing with the exemption …

Vaughn v. Rosen, No. 73-1039 (D.C. Cir.) (484 F.2d 820) (August 20, 1973) (Judge Malcolm Richard Wilkey) by This is the case that gave rise to the "Vaughn Index" which has become a part of the vocabularly of requests for information under the FOIA.