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Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. United States Department of State
Geography
Year
2017
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2017
Status
Complaint filed.
Geography
Docket number
1:17-cv-00340
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Freedom of Information Act (US) → Lawsuits Brought by Plaintiffs Aligned with Industry Interests (US)
Principal law
United States → Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
At issue
Action to compel disclosure of State Department communications regarding climate change negotiations with China
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Filing Date
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02/27/2017
Complaint filed.
Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed an action in the federal district court for the District of Columbia to compel the United States Department of State to produce communications to and from State Department employees in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The complaint alleged that the communications were related to an alleged effort to coordinate climate change activists in developing alternative post-Obama diplomatic channels with China. The FOIA request was submitted to the agency on January 25, 2017.
Complaint
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Summary
Action to compel disclosure of State Department communications regarding climate change negotiations with China
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Policy instrument
Finance