FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)

Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Department of the Interior, 53 F. Supp. 2d 32 (D.D.C. 1999) (challenge to withholding under Exemption 6 of the names and addresses of public commenters).

ASPCA v. Department of Agriculture, Civ. No. 01-2628 (D.D.C.) (challenge to USDA's failure to provide records concerning investigations of circus).

Biodiversity Legal Foundation v. Department of Interior, Civ. No. 98-1812 (D.D.C.) (challenge to FWS's failure to produce document concerning the mountain plover).

Campaign for Responsible Transplantation v. Food & Drug Administration, 180 F. Supp. 2d 29 (D.D.C. 2001) (challenge to the applicability of FOIA Exemptions 4 and 5 to permits for animal to human transplants). Three related decisions were also published: 219 F. Supp. 2d 106 (ordering FDA to submit new sample Vaughn indices); 511 F.3d 187 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (holding that plaintiffs were entitled to attorneys' fees); 593 F. Supp. 2d 236 (D.D.C. 2009) (awarding attorneys' fees).

PENDING
Center for Auto Safety v. U.S. Department of Treasury, Civ. No. 11-1048 (D.D.C.) (challenge to a denial of a fee waiver for access to records pertaining to government involvement in the Chrysler and General Motors bankruptcies).

Center for Biological Diversity v. Marine Corps, Civ. No. 00-2387, 2005 WL 3262901 (D.D.C. Sept. 19, 2005) (challenge to Exemption 5 withholding of records concerning impacts of Camp Pendleton on endangered species).

Consumers Union v. National Highway & Transportation Safety Administration, Civ. No. 98-1811 (D.D.C.) (challenge to Exemption 4 withholding of records concerning rollovers of Sport Utility Vehicles).

DC "Jasper" Carlton v. Department of the Interior, Civ. No. 97-2105 (D.D.C.) (challenge to FWS's failure to produce documents concerning the use of Conservation Agreements instead of ESA-listing).

Friends of Blackwater v U.S. Department of the Interior, 391 F. Supp. 2d 115 (D.D.C. 2005) (challenge to FWS's adequacy of search for records concerning bird and bat mortality from wind energy facilities).

Humane Society of the United States v. Department of Agriculture, Civ. No. 05-197 (D.D.C.) (challenging USDA's withholding of annual reports and failure to post reports on-line).

In Defense of Animals v. Department of Agriculture, 656 F. Supp. 2d 68 (D.D.C. 2009) (challenge to USDA's withholding of animal research laboratory records under FOIA Exemptions 4 and 5)

Judicial Watch v. Department of Energy, 310 F. Supp. 2d 271 (D.D.C. 2004) (challenge to DOI's and DOE's withholding of Cheney Energy Task Force records); aff'd in part 412 F.3d 125 (D.C. Cir. 2005).

Lurie v. Department of the Army, 970 F. Supp. 19 (D.D.C. 1997) (challenge to the government's withholding of information regarding AIDS research under FOIA Exemptions 6 and 7).

The Nation v. Department of State, 71 F.3d 885 (D.C. Cir. 1995) (challenge to the propriety of FOIA Exemption 6 to covert operative and adequacy of the search).

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Department of Energy, 2007 WL 1302498 (challenge under NEPA to cleanup of a Department of Energy radioactive wast site in southern California).

Natural Resources Defense Council v. National Marine Fisheries Service, 409 F. Supp. 2d 379 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) (challenge to NMFS's failure to disclose documents concerning the Navy's use of sonar).

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Department. of Agriculture, Civ. No. 06-930, 2007 WL 1720136 (D.D.C. June 11, 2007) (challenge to agency's withholding of investigatory records and to agency's pattern and practice of withholding witness statements under FOIA).

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Department of Agriculture, Civ. No. 03-195 (D.D.C.) (challenge to withholdings and search adequacy by USDA of its loan guarantees for nation's largest puppy distributor).

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Department of Agriculture, Civ. No. 03-195, 2005 WL 1241141 (D.D.C. May 25, 2005) (challenge to adequacy of USDA's Vaughn Index and withholdings).

Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Glickman, 117 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2000) (challenge to National Nutritional Guideline Committee as violative of FACA and to withholdings of conflict of interest records under FOIA).

Queen Anne's Conservation Association v. U.S. Department of State, Civ. No. 10-670 (D.D.C.) (challenge to State Department's withholding of records concerning wildlife impacts of a military training facility).

Ralph Hoar & Associates v. National Highway & Transportation Safety Administration, 985 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1997) (challenge to the withholding of records under FOIA Exemption 4 concerning information on Chrysler mini-van defects).

Showing Animals Respect and Kindness v. Department of the Interior, 730 F. Supp. 2d 180 (D.D.C. 2010) (challenge to DOI's withholding of records under FOIA Exemptions 5, 6, and 7 concerning the killing of a black bear).

Sierra Club v. Department of Agriculture, Civ. No. 08-4248 (N.D. Cal.) (challenge to USDA's failure to provide records under FOIA concerning federal funding for coal-fired power plants).