Unincorporated association may seek public records
An unincorporated association formed in Washington, D.C. may pursue a suit against the local transit authority, a federal District Court has ruled, because it appears to be a nonprofit unincorporated association. Unsuck DC Metro sued the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to obtain copies of its customer satisfaction survey that is used by the Authority for planning and allocating resources. Unsuck had asked for the material pursuant to the Authority’s Public Access to Records Policy but the Authority had redacted all but one page of the document on the ground that it contained information protected by the deliberative process privilege and the confidential business information...
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