The Supreme Court is siding with businesses and the U.S. government in a ruling about the public's access to information.

Tagged with: Argus Leader Freedom of Information Act supplemental nutrition assistance program

The Supreme Court on Monday seemed inclined to rule against a South Dakota newspaper seeking data about the government's food assistance program, previously known as food stamps.

Tagged with: Freedom of Information Act sonia sotomayor Supreme Court

The ACLU of Maryland filed a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday seeking details about Harford County's implementation of a program to detain arrested individuals for immigration screening.

Tagged with: Freedom of Information Act harford county sheriff's office U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Commercial leases voluntarily submitted to counties cannot be totally and automatically shielded from public view, Court of Appeals unanimously rules.

Tagged with: commercial leases Freedom of Information Act maryland public information act

After promising not to withhold government information over "speculative or abstract fears," the Obama administration has concluded it will not publicly disclose federal records that could shed light on the security of the government's health care website because doing so could "potentially" allow hackers to break in.

Tagged with: Freedom of Information Act

A recently unsealed document from federal prosecutors was signed by a man whose mysterious death 11 years ago remains unsolved. But who wanted to see it?

Tagged with: crime Freedom of Information Act Law legal news u.s. attorney's office U.S. District Court

Two University of Virginia students have filed a Freedom of Information Act request for professor Douglas Laycock's emails and other correspondence. The intent does not seem to be to actually gain information, but rather to punish the law professor for supporting legal causes that they view as inimical to gay rights.

Tagged with: free speech Freedom of Information Act gay rights university of virginia

A lawsuit has been filed under the Freedom of Information Act against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to obtain the agency's investigative files relating to more than a dozen aborted investigations and cases involving naked short selling.

Tagged with: Freedom of Information Act securities and exchange commission wall street

WASHINGTON — A Coast Guard investigator accompanying Maryland State Police to serve a search warrant in a weapons investigation at a Maryland home seized unrelated government documents and notes from a journalist who was the suspect’s wife. The Coast Guard ...

Tagged with: coast guard eric holder foia Freedom of Information Act maryland state police

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it’s legal for a state to limit use of its Freedom of Information Act to its own residents. The court unanimously upheld a federal appeals court decision validating Virginia’s limitation of its ...

Tagged with: commerce clause foia Freedom of Information Act Law legal news Supreme Court virginia