· 3/4/2009
Amuso v. United States Department of Justice
Citations
- 600 F. Supp. 2d 78
- 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16995
- 2009 WL 535965
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “individuals involved in law enforcement investigations” have a “substantial interest” in “the nondisclosure of their identities and connection to a particular investigation”
- “The nature of the crime investigated and informant’s relationship to it are the most important factors determining whether implied confidentiality exists.”
- informants assigned a source code operate under an express grant of confidentiality and so are protected by Exemption 7(D)
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Richard J. Leon
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