August Term 2023 Argued: April 16, 2024 Decided: September 26, 2024

No. 23-1005

BLOOMBERG L.P. AND DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Before: LYNCH, PÉREZ, AND KAHN, Circuit Judges.

On appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Cote, J.).

The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) was designed to create a broad public right of access to official information held by federal agencies. Under this general statutory presumption of access, federal agencies must disclose agency records upon request unless said records fall into one of nine specific statutory exemptions. This case concerns FOIA Exemption #3, which establishes th