United States DC Circuit

In an action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a judgment compelling agency defendant to provide plaintiff with reasonably segregable portions of certain documents, relating to the US participation as amicus curiae in Boim v. Quaranic Literacy Institute, is reversed because the documents are work product, and thus, the entire contents of the documents are exempt from disclosure under the FOIA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/31/2005
• Decided 12/27/2005
• Published 12/27/2005

Judges

• Before:  ROGERS, Circuit Judge, and EDWARDS  and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steve Frank, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellant.   With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Leonard Schaitman, Attorney.


• For Appellees:
  
• James F. Peterson argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief was Paul J. Orfanedes.