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Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media

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Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
Decided June 24, 2019
Full case nameFood Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
Docket no.18-481
Citations588 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
Where commercial or financial information is both customarily and actually treated as private by its owner and provided to the government under an assurance of privacy, the information is "confidential" within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Case opinions
MajorityGorsuch
DissentBreyer, joined by Ginsberg, Sotomayor
Laws applied
Freedom of Information Act

Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, where commercial or financial information is both customarily and actually treated as private by its owner and provided to the government under an assurance of privacy, the information is "confidential" within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, No. 18-481, 588 U.S. ___ (2019).
  2. ^ "Opinion analysis: Court gives broad meaning to "confidential" in FOIA exemption for commercial and financial information". SCOTUSblog. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
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  • Text of Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, No. 18-481, 588 U.S. ___ (2019) is available from: Justia

This article incorporates written opinion of a United States federal court. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the text is in the public domain. "[T]he Court is unanimously of opinion that no reporter has or can have any copyright in the written opinions delivered by this Court." Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591, 668 (1834)