United States Fifth Circuit

The district court improperly denied farmer and rancher plaintiffs' Freedom of Information Act request for the release of certain information where it 1) exceeded its jurisdiction by enjoining the release of the management information database, and 2) used overbroad and vague language in the injunction order.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2004
• Published 08/05/2004

Judges

• PRADO, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, STEWART and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robiin Leah Cooley (argued), Environmental Law Clinic of Denver College of Law, Denver, CO, for Animal Protection Institute.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy S. Bishop (argued), Richard F. Bulger, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Justin Brett Busby, Charles Stephen Kelley, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Wendy M. Keats (argued), Leonard Aaron Schaitman, man, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.