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· 2/25/2008

Thomas v. Federal Communications Commission

Citations

  • 534 F. Supp. 2d 144
  • 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13429

How courts have described this case

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

  • granting summary judgment in the agency’s favor “[i]n the absence of any evidence that plaintiff submitted a proper FOIA request to which defendant would have been obligated to respond”
  • granting summary judgment in the agency's favor “[i]n the absence of any evidence that plaintiff submitted a proper FOIA request to which defendant would have been obligated to respond[.]”
  • “An agency’s obligation under the FOIA does not arise . . . until a proper request is received.”
  • “In the absence of any evidence 4 that plaintiff submitted a proper FOIA request to which [the agency] would have been obligated to respond,” the agency “is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

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Judges: Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

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