Case Detail
Case Title | Ryan, LLC v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
District | Southern District of Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Houston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Case Number | 4:2019cv02003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Filed | 2019-06-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Closed | 2019-10-10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Judge | Judge George C Hanks, Jr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plaintiff | Ryan, LLC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Case Description | Ryan, LLC, an accounting firm with clients in the oil and gas industry, filed a reverse-FOIA suit against the Department of the Interior to prevent the agency from disclosing allegedly proprietary information about Ryan's clients as part of the Inspector General's investigation of royalty refund claims. The agency received a third-party request for the investigative file and after Ryan was unable to get the agency to commit to protecting is confidential information, Ryan filed suit to block disclosure of its records. Complaint issues: Litigation - Reverse-FOIA - Confidential business information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defendant | US Department of the Interior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defendant | Office of Inspector General of the US Department of the Interior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documents | Docket Complaint Complaint attachment 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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