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Center for Biological Diversity v. Office of Management and Budget

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / California
Year
2007
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Center for Biological Diversity v. Office of Management and Budget

About this case

Filing year
2007
Status
Report and recommendation adopted.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → California
Docket number
07-04997
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Freedom of Information Act (US) → Lawsuits Brought by Plaintiffs Aligned with Environmentalist Interests (US)
Principal law
United States → Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
At issue
Sought documents and fee waiver concerning rulemaking for fuel economy standards for light trucks, which complaint alleged made up eight percent of annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
Beta
11/02/2009
Report and recommendation adopted.
Decision
09/09/2009
Magistrate judge issued amendment to report and recommendation.
Report And Recommendation
08/25/2009
Magistrate judge recommended disclosure of certain documents.
In 2007, the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against the Office of Management and Budget, alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in connection with a lawsuit that sought documents in connection with rulemaking concerning CAFE standards for light trucks. In July 2009, the district judge assigned to the case referred the matter to a magistrate judge for an “in camera” review of certain documents that were claimed by OMB to be privileged, including those addressing greenhouse gases. In this decision, the magistrate listed each document at issue and determined whether it remained privileged.
Report And Recommendation
03/13/2008
Plaintiff’s request for a full fee waiver regarding its FOIA request granted.
Decision
09/27/2007
Complaint filed.
Complaint

Summary

Sought documents and fee waiver concerning rulemaking for fuel economy standards for light trucks, which complaint alleged made up eight percent of annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Finance