Food Marketing Institute V Argus Leader Media
Olivia Luz
Distributed for conference of 1 11 2019.
Argus leader media involves the interpretation of exemption 4 to the freedom of information act foia which protects from mandatory disclosure all confidential private sector commercial or financial information that comes into the government s possession. Reply of petitioner food marketing institute filed. Argued april 22 2019 decided june 24 2019. It came on a writ a court s written order commanding the recipient to either do or refrain from doing a specified act.
Why it made the list. Respondent argus leader media filed a freedom of information act foia request with the united states department of agriculture usda seeking the names and addresses of all retail stores that participate in the national food stamp program known as the supplemental nutrition assistance program snap and each store s annual snap redemption data from fiscal years 2005 to 2010. Food marketing institute v. Food marketing institute v.
Blanket consent filed by respondent argus leader media d b a argus leader. On march 25 2019 the knight institute joined in filing an amicus brief in food marking institute v argus leader media a supreme court case addressing the scope of foia s exemption for confidential commercial information. Specifically the decision sets forth a new standard for determining. Argus leader media was a case argued before the supreme court of the united states on april 22 2019 during the court s 2018 2019 term.
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Food marketing institute v. Of certiorari latin for to be more fully informed. Respondent argus leader media filed a freedom of information act foia request with the united states department of agriculture. Certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eighth circuit.On june 24 2019 in a dozen pages the supreme court upended forty years of precedent regarding exemption 4 of the freedom of information act foia that had been relied on by federal agencies submitters and requestors of information.
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