17 results for 'cat:"Public Record" AND cat:"Privacy"'.
J. Durkin partially grants motions for summary judgment from both the FBI and the journalist who is suing over access to records. The journalist accuses the FBI of illicitly monitoring Arab and Muslim communities in Chicagoland from the late 90s through early 2000s, and sued the bureau for the relevant files. The files the FBI produced were heavily censored, and now the court finds it must lift any redactions in the relevant documents concerning identified individuals’ race, ethnicity and nationality. However, the court will also allow the FBI to withhold documents that the bureau deemed too sensitive to be shown publicly.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Durkin, Filed On: May 3, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv4782, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Government, public Record, privacy
J. Pearce finds that the district court improperly denied an adoptee’s petition to unseal her birth parents’ records. The adoptee argues knowing the identity of her parents was necessary so the child could know health, genetic or social information about her family. The district court concluded she had failed to establish good cause for the records, but focused solely on the mother’s privacy. This case is remanded to evaluate the motion and correctly balance the weight of the mother’s privacy with why the adoptee wants the records. Reversed.
Court: Utah Supreme Court, Judge: Pearce, Filed On: February 22, 2024, Case #: 20221097, Categories: Family Law, public Record, privacy
J. Childs upholds the district court's ruling the government properly redacted the names of certain low-level employees from a spreadsheet of salaries of those who worked on former President Trump's outgoing transition teams in a news publication's Freedom of Information Act case. The redactions were proper under exemption 6 under the Act, as release of the information would have been an invasion of privacy. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Childs, Filed On: February 16, 2024, Case #: 22-5330 , Categories: Elections, public Record, privacy
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J. Boasberg denies, in part, the Department of Defense's motion to dismiss a military member's Freedom of Information Act, equal protection and race discrimination action arising from the revocation of his security clearance. He has sufficiently alleged certain aspects of his Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act claims.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Boasberg, Filed On: January 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1471, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: public Record, privacy, Military
J. Couriel finds that the trial court properly denied the police benevolent association a preliminary injunction to prevent the release of names of officers involved in two separate fatal shootings. Marsy's Law, which was created to protect victims, does not guarantee victims the "categorical right to withhold his or her name from disclosure." Affirmed.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Couriel, Filed On: November 30, 2023, Case #: SC2021-0651, Categories: Civil Rights, public Record, privacy
J. Neville finds that the appeals court improperly reversed the circuit court, which dismissed a complaint against a law firm alleging it violated the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act by issuing a press release describing its client's suicide attempt and resulting injuries after winning a $4.2 million judgment. The Act does not protect confidential information that was voluntarily revealed in a public trial. Reversed.
Court: Illinois Supreme Court, Judge: Neville, Filed On: November 30, 2023, Case #: 129097, Categories: Health Care, public Record, privacy
J. Ceresia finds that the lower court improperly dismissed portions of defendant's request for documents withheld or redacted in a Freedom of Information Law filing stemming from the denial of executive clemency on his murder conviction. Information that would have invaded personal privacy or endangered an individual should have been withheld, and defendant should have been awarded litigation costs, since he substantially prevailed in the proceeding. Reversed in part.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Ceresia, Filed On: November 22, 2023, Case #: CV-22-2357, Categories: public Record, privacy, Attorney Fees
Per curiam, the circuit finds that the district court properly found for the department of justice in public records claims seeking to identify an executive officer whose name had been redacted from a report confirming his sexual harassment of a subordinate because releasing his name would constitute an invasion of privacy and would not advance the public's understanding of governmental operations. Affirmed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: June 29, 2023, Case #: 22-1812, Categories: public Record, privacy
J. Dillard finds that the trial court properly dismissed the newspaper's action alleging that the sheriff violated Georgia's Open Records Act by refusing to turn over a family violence report and police body camera footage related to a 911 call involving domestic violence between a former Augusta prosecutor and his wife. The trial court correctly found that the footage was exempt from release under the Act because it was encompassed by the report and was filmed at the couple's home where there was a reasonable expectation of privacy in the absence of a pending law enforcement investigation. No arrests were made as a result of the call, therefore no portion of the report is subject to release. Affirmed.
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals, Judge: Dillard, Filed On: May 23, 2023, Case #: A23A0552, Categories: public Record, privacy