Deliberative Process Privilege
Court defines predecisional and deliberative standards for withholding agency draft documents under FOIA
United States Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: United States (March 4, 2021)
- Victims<![CDATA[]]>Defendants<![CDATA[]]>Plaintiffs<![CDATA[Sierra Club, Inc.]]>Investigators<![CDATA[]]>Prosecutors<![CDATA[]]>Defense Attorneys<![CDATA[]]>Plaintiff Attorneys<![CDATA[Elena Saxonhouse]]><![CDATA[Sanjay Narayan]]>Judges<![CDATA[Amy Coney Barrett]]><![CDATA[John Roberts]]><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Samuel Alito]]><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]><![CDATA[Neil Gorsuch]]><![CDATA[Brett Kavanaugh]]><![CDATA[Stephen Breyer]]><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]>Institutions<![CDATA[Supreme Court of the United States]]><![CDATA[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]]><![CDATA[National Marine Fisheries Service]]><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Agency]]><![CDATA[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]]><![CDATA[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]]>
- Case Tags: Freedom of Information Act;Deliberative Process Privilege;Endangered Species Act;Environmental Law