NASA filed their reply brief today (Pesonen Declaration). Sarah Givan will argue the case on June 4, 2004 before Judge Whyte at 9 am.
Stanford Center for Internet and Society
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EPIC v. NASA
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to request NASA turn over all documents and correspondence regarding Northwest Airlines disclosure of passenger data to NASA. While releasing 37 pages of documents, NASA withheld an unknown number claiming they fell under exceptions to FOIA that permit agencies to (1) withhold documents that constitute inter-agency memoranda or letters and (2) withhold documents that contain trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is privileged. Students will represent EPIC in seeking a court order that NASA turn over any remaining documents relevant to the FOIA request.
Opposition Filed
by Lauren Gelman, posted on May 11, 2004 - 4:34pm.
Third-year law student Sarah Givan drafted and filed Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendent's Motion for Summary Judgment and a Declaration in support of the opposition.
Summary Judgment Motion
by Lauren Gelman, posted on April 29, 2004 - 10:27am.
DOJ filed their Summary Judgment Motion (Exhibits), (Exibits), arguing why they should be allowed to withold some of the documents requested by EPIC.
EPIC Asks to Speed Up the Litigation
by Lauren Gelman, posted on February 25, 2004 - 11:10pm.
Today EPIC filed a Motion to Recalendar the case management conference and to set a briefing schedule so the litigation can commence. We also had to file an Application to Shorten Time, asking the Court to quickly rehear the recalendaring motion, rather than following the normal process allowed for most motions.
Motion to Recalendar.
Givan's Declaration in support of Motion.
Application to Shorten Time.
FOIA's documents
by Lauren Gelman, posted on January 23, 2004 - 12:15pm.
You can find the documents that NASA turned over to EPIC, as well as other information about the Northwest discosures of Passenger data at the EPIC website.
Complaint filed
by Lauren Gelman, posted on January 22, 2004 - 2:15pm.
Today, the Clinic filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The case number is: C04-00296. It was assigned to District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte and Magistrate Judge Patricia Trumbull (for discovery and preliminary motions).
Airline Admits Giving Passenger Info to Gov't
by Jennifer Granick, posted on January 20, 2004 - 4:27pm.
A Washington Post story about this case is here.
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