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· 7/13/2012

Marino v. Drug Enforcement Administration

Citations

  • 401 U.S. App. D.C. 452
  • 685 F.3d 1076
  • 2012 WL 2866310
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14345

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that if a DOJ prosecutor introduces certain records as evidence in court, other DOJ components may not invoke a FOIA exemption as to those records
  • holding that a prior disclosure by a federal prosecutor in court waived the DEA’s Glomar response because the federal prosecutor and the DEA are both part of the DOJ
  • holding that a prior disclosure by a federal prosecutor in court waived the DEA's Glomar response because the federal prosecutor and the DEA are both part of the DOJ
  • recognizing that information released in court by federal prosecutors constitutes a disclosure of DEA
  • explaining that the public-domain doctrine does not apply “when someone other than the agency from which the information is being sought discloses it” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
  • observing that one way to put forward a \meritorious defense\ is by disputing facts on a motion for summary judgment and showing \with only a hint of a suggestions that key facts in the record aren't yet entirely clear\

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Judges: Sentelle, Brown, Griffith

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