Eddie David Cox v. United States Department of Justice

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• observing that “[e]ligibility [for a fees award in Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 552, et seq., litigation] . . . does not mean entitlement”
• indicating that the question is as yet undecided in the Fifth Circuit
• factors to be weighed in determining whether a plaintiff who has “substantially prevailed” is entitled to attorney’s fees
• factors to be weighed in determining whether a plaintiff who has \substantially prevailed\ is entitled to attorney's fees
• exemption 2 protects material of interest to federal personnel, but of no interest to the public
• “[A]n allegedly prevailing complainant must assert something more than post hoc, ergo propter hoc.”

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