Explore 23 court opinions on Deliberative Process Privilege. AI-powered plain English summaries, key holdings, and legal analysis.
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City of Edinburg denied access to state investigation documents
In Re City of Edinburg v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 10, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The City of Edinburg sought to compel the State of Texas to rele...
Court Affirms War Department's AI Disclosure Response Under FOIA
Anthropic PBC v. United States Department of War, decided by D.C. Circuit on April 8, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns Anthropic PBC's request for information from the Depa...
Court Orders City to Produce Police Misconduct Records
City of Fresno v. Superior Court, decided by California Court of Appeal on March 23, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The City of Fresno challenged a discovery order compelling it to produce...
City of Odessa wins TPIA records dispute over deliberative process privilege
Texas Government Accountability Association v. City of Odessa, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 5, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Texas Government Accountability Association ...
Appellate court finds probable cause for search warrant, reverses suppression order
In Re Catherine Goodman, in Her Capacity as Temporary Dependent Administrator of the Estate of Lonnie K. Ledbetter, Jr. v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on February 26, 2026, r...
Ohio Supreme Court: Broad Public Records Requests Not Automatically Invalid
State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Baker Ross, decided by Ohio Supreme Court on February 17, 2026, resulted in a reversed outcome. The Ohio Supreme Court considered whether a "public records" reques...
Court excludes "bad acts" evidence against former officer charged with murder
People v. Super. Ct., decided by California Court of Appeal on January 16, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant, a former police officer, was charged with murder. The prosecution s...
Ninth Circuit Denies Trump's Bid to Block Jan 6 Committee Subpoena
State of Oregon v. Trump, decided by Ninth Circuit on January 8, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by...
Court Affirms NIH's Discretion to Withhold Research Data
Commonwealth of Mass. v. National Institutes of Health, decided by First Circuit on January 5, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a...
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds School District's Public Records Response
Fiedeldey v. Finneytown Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on December 31, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Sixth District Court of Appeals of Ohio affirmed...
Court Orders Disclosure of Housing Development Records Under FOIL
Matter of Mantilla v. New York City Dept. of Hous. Preserv. & Dev., decided by New York Court of Appeals on December 18, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The petitioner sought to compel the ...
Prosecutor's blanket refusal to provide discovery doesn't violate due process
State ex rel. Ware v. O'Malley, decided by Ohio Supreme Court on November 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ohio Supreme Court considered whether a prosecutor's "blanket" refusal to p...
Court Compels Release of State Water Board's Deliberative Documents
State Water Resources Control Bd. v. Superior Court, decided by California Court of Appeal on November 24, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The California Court of Appeal considered whether ...
State Dept. can withhold Iran Deal records under RTKL exemptions
Gray, H., Aplt. v. Dept. of State, decided by Pennsylvania Supreme Court on October 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Gray, challenged the Department of State's denial of h...
Appeals court upholds DOJ's withholding of COVID-19 records under FOIA
Campaign for Accountability v. DOJ, decided by D.C. Circuit on October 17, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Campaign for Accountability sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking to co...
D.C. Circuit Orders Production of Contractor Documents, Rejecting Privilege Claims
In re: Sealed Case (PUBLIC REISSUED OPINION), decided by D.C. Circuit on September 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit reviewed a district court's order compelling a former...
Court Orders Release of Documents on Trump Admin's COVID-19 Response
Global Health Council v. Donald J. Trump (ORDER), decided by D.C. Circuit on August 28, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, Global Health Council, sought to compel the release of...
DOI justified in withholding contract documents under FOIA Exemption 5
Michael Hill v. DOI, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 19, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the Department of the Interior (DOI) properly withheld documents related...
D.C. Circuit Upholds Withholding of "America First" Policy Records Under FOIA
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget, decided by D.C. Circuit on August 9, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on wh...
CIR v. DOL: FOIA request for wage violation records denied
Center for Investigative Reporting v. United States Department of Labor, decided by Ninth Circuit on July 30, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) so...
CAFC: HHS's "good cause" FOIA exemption interpretation unreasonable
Cerrone v. Hhs, decided by Federal Circuit on July 29, 2025, resulted in a remanded outcome. The case concerns whether the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) properly interpreted "good caus...
Court Upholds Withholding of Firearm Precursor Part Records
P. ex rel. Bonta v. Greenpower Motor Co., Inc., decided by California Court of Appeal on July 28, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The California Court of Appeal reviewed a trial court's dec...
DHS can withhold 'no-fly' list documents under deliberative process privilege
Michael Muir v. DHS, decided by D.C. Circuit on July 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) properly withheld documents rela...