Charles E. Perry v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture

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• concluding that, based on agency affidavits, “appellees’ search for the requested records, though belated, was reasonably complete and thorough”
• concluding that, based on agency affidavits, “appellees’ search for the requested records, though belated, was reasonably complete and thorough”
• stating that the controversy becomes moot once the disclosure which the suit seeks has already been made
• explaining that affidavit need not “set forth with meticulous documentation the details of an epic search for the requested records”
• observing that affidavits that explain scope and method of search in reasonable detail will suffice “in the absence of countervailing evidence or apparent inconsistency of proof”
• noting that “however fitful or delayed the release of information under the FOIA may be, once all requested records are surrendered, federal courts have no further statutory function to perform.”

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