Description: Appeal of Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission's determination that documents in response to requests for Office of Attorney General staff and outside attorneys' correspondence about climate litigation were properly redacted.
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Energy Policy Advocates v. Freedom of Information Commission
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 10/26/2023 Memorandum of Decision Download Appeal dismissed. Connecticut Court Upheld Office of Attorney General’s Redactions in Correspondence Related to Environmental and Climate Litigation. A Connecticut Superior Court found that substantial evidence supported the Freedom of Information Commission’s determination that information redacted in documents produced by the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (OAG) pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act were “records of strategy with respect to pending litigation,” and therefore exempt from disclosure. The documents were produced in response to a request for emails and correspondence from assistant attorneys general, other OAG legal staff, and two outside attorneys dealing with environmental and climate change litigation.