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| | | United States Department of Treasury v. City of Chicago
7th Circuit judgment vacated & case remanded | |
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| | | Issue | Whether reporters and others can use a federal public information law to obtain unclassified government records that officials would not otherwise release. The Court will decide if the release of the data could interfere with law enforcement efforts, which would exempt it from the sunshine law. At issue is access to information on about 200,000 firearm traces a year. In a firearm trace, officers confiscate a weapon in a crime, then track down who made it, sold it and bought it. | |
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Certiorari Granted
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11/12/2002 |
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Lower Court
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7th Circuit |
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Lower Court Ruling
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in favor of a right of access to unclassified government records. |
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Oral Arguments
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CANCELLED
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Theodore Olson, Department of Justice
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Lawrence Rosenthal for City of Chicago
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| Briefs |
Larry H. James, Fraternal Order of Police
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Stephen P. Halbrook, National Rifle Association of America, Inc.
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| Tony Mauro Analysis |
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