Exemption No. 5
Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n v. Department of the Interior

The court reverses a district court decision that documents submitted by Native American tribes at the request of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) in the course of consultation over…

Missouri v. Corps of Eng'rs

The court holds that an intraagency memorandum discussing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to protect the pallid sturgeon in Missouri is exempt from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA…

Maricopa Audubon Soc'y v. U.S. Forest Serv.

The court holds that exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exempts the U.S. Forest Service from disclosing two documents relating to its investigation of the Southwestern Regional…

Ethyl Corp. v. EPA

The court vacates a district court's summary judgment for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a gasoline additive manufacturer's action under the Freedom of Information Act…

Chemcentral/Grand Rapids Corp. v. EPA

The court grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) motion for summary judgment that agency documents regarding adoption of state regulations as applicable or relevant…