Fox News Network, LLC v. Department of the Treasury
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
739 F. Supp. 2d 515 (2010)
Relevant factsFree
Fox News (plaintiff) filed a FOIA request with the Treasury Department (defendant) for records on the AIG and Citigroup bailouts. Treasury released over 10,000 pages but withheld about 7,000 pages under the inter/intra-agency, deliberative-process, attorney-client, and commercial/financial exemptions. After Fox sued and the court ordered a Vaughn index, roughly 300 documents remained disputed, and both sides moved for summary judgment.
IssueFree
Whether an agency moving for summary judgment in a FOIA case must demonstrate that its search for responsive records was adequate and that any withheld documents properly fall within a statutory exemption.
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