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Case Summary
Ancient Coin Collectors Guild v. State Department
Ancient Coin Collectors Guild v. U.S. Department of State, 641 F.3D 504 (D.C. Cir. 2011), reversing and remanding, Ancient Coin Collectors Guild v. U.S. Department of State, 673 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2009).
Précis
On numerous occasions between 2004 and 2007, the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) requested, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), that the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (housed in the U.S. State Department) release documents related to the Committee’s deliberations that led to restrictions on the importation into the United States of certain types of ancient coins . . . .
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