DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR v. KLAMATH WATER USERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Supreme Court Cases
532 U.S. 1 (2001)
Case Overview
Legal Principle at Issue
Whether communications between the Department of Interior and Indian tribes regarding water allocations qualified as "inter-agency or intra-agency" documents. The central legal question was if these documents, which would normally be privileged in civil discovery, were exempt from disclosure under FOIA Exemption 5.
Action
Affirmed (includes modified). Petitioning party did not receive a favorable disposition.