US, et al v. City of Woonsocket, RI, et al

Filing 920091118

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = ' "Section 8 housing" is a shorthand for housing subsidized by\
the federal government under the Housing Choice Voucher Program\
established pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act\
of 1937 as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1437.\
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var WPFootnote2 = ' There is a related, and equally novel, question as to\
whether a response to a FOIA request satisfies the second prong of\
the Rost formulation. We will return to that question shortly. \
See infra Part III(B). \
'

var WPFootnote3 = ' At the possible expense of carting coal to Newcastle, we add\
that, as the district court observed, the decision in Catholic\
Heathcare is premised on the notion that in responding to a FOIA\
request an agency "need not assimilate the information contained in\
the requested documents." Ondis II, 582 F. Supp. 2d at 218\
(quoting Cath. Healthcare, 445 F.3d at 1155). The district court\
found the instant case "readily distinguishable" because the\
relator "alleged that HUD not only \'assimilated\' the defendants\'\
statements in their application regarding \'affordable housing\' but\
that HUD actually relied on those statements in awarding [the]\
grants in question." Id. We agree with this assessment. \
'

var WPFootnote4 = ' We discuss the original source exception in greater detail\
infra.\
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var WPFootnote5 = ' The district court found that the relator did not have\
direct knowledge in part because his employees, rather than he\
himself, conducted investigatory steps. Ondis II, 582 F. Supp. 2d\
at 220. We disagree with this aspect of the district court\'s\
reasoning. Merely because a person acts through agents does not\
necessarily render his knowledge indirect. See Minn. Ass\'n of\
Nurse Anesthetists, 276 F.3d at 1049. \
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