District Court, District of Columbia March 30, 2018, Civil Action No. 2016-0951 (Yanofsky v. Department of Commerce)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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DAVID YANOFSKY, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) No. 16-cv-00951 (KBJ)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF )

COMMERCE, )

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Defendant. )

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Because the information and records that an agency possesses rightfully belong

to the public, one of the key commitments underlying the Freedom of Information Act

(“the FOIA”), 5 U.S.C.