White House missing e-mails ruling [US DC]

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White House missing e-mails ruling [US DC]

February 12, 2008 10:49:00 pm

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of Administration, US District Court for the District of Columbia, February 11, 2008 [permitting Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics to conduct only very limited discovery in its missing e-mail case against the Office of Administration]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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