USRTK v. University of Maryland

Reference :

CAL 22-16942

Complaint date :

June 3, 2022

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States

Plaintiffs types :

Consumer Protection Organizations

Plaintiffs names :

US Right To Know (USRTK)

Defendants :

University of Maryland (UMD)

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Susan Stevens Miller, Carrie Apfel, Kara Goad

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

, Neonicotinoid

Requests :

An order from the Court: 1. Declaring that UMD violated the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) by arbitrarily and capriciously denying USRTK’s request for a fee waiver; 2. Ordering UMD to release all non-exempt, responsive records to USRTK without charge; 3. Retaining jurisdiction over this case to rule on any assertion by UMD that certain responsive records are exempt from disclosure...

Name of the Court :

Circuit Court for Prince George's County, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

U.S. Right to Know is suing the University of Maryland to challenge the exorbitant fee of nearly $100,000 to receive records relating to their investigation into communications between bee expert Dennis vanEnglesdorp and the pesticide industry and its allies. The pesticide industry ties of University of Maryland Prof. vanEnglesdorp have attracted the attention of journalists such as Stéphane Foucart, from French daily Le Monde.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.