Home Browse Media Law Resources Guides Federal FOIA Appeals Guide Exemption 3 I. Appealing an Exemption 3 Denial A. Statute Does Not Qualify as Exemption 3 Statute

ii. Does the Statute "Require" Nondisclosure?

If you are in fact dealing with a statute, rather than an agency regulation or court rule (and it is extremely like you will be), you should next examine whether it meets one of the two criteria for an Exemption 3 statute.