Civil Action 97-2416. In October of 1997, Judicial Watch filed a fourth lawsuit against Commerce, this time seeking all documents produced by Commerce to the Justice Department, Congress, or any grand jury impaneled in any judicial district of the United States.
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Memorandum - (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) In this Freedom of Information Act case seeking documents from the Department of commerce, by Order dated April 9, 1999, the Court ordered the deposition of former Department of Commerce employee John Huang to continue on April 13, 1999...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - After four years, this case finally offers a light at the end of the tunnel. Currently before the Court is the apparently unprecedented situation in which the defendant Department of Commerce (DOC) has moved for entry of judgment against itself; the plaintiff, Judicial Watch, has vehemently opposed the motion. Unfortunately, this odd posture is not atypical of the extreme positions taken by the litigants in this case. After much deliberation and a thorough review of the extraordinary record in this case, the Court will deny the DOC's motion for entry of judgment, grant partial summary judgment...
Letter regarding DOC neglect to comply with FOIA order to turn over evidence, 10/07/97 - In Freedom of Information Act ('FOIA") requests filed at the Clinton Department of Commerce by Judicial Watch, Inc., on September 12, 13, and October 19, 1994, we requested, among other things, "all . . . tape recordings . . .." that or related in any way to the matters and events enumerated in the subject FOIA requests...
Transcript of 04/13/99 John Huang deposition - Huang again deposed by Judicial Watch where he takes the Fifth no less than 6 times in less than a half-hour period. Click here for the full transcript.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - After four years, this case finally offers a light at the end of the tunnel. Currently before the Court is the apparently unprecedented situation in which the defendant Department of Commerce (DOC) has moved for entry of judgment against itself; the plaintiff, Judicial Watch, has vehemently opposed the motion. Unfortunately, this odd posture is not atypical of the extreme positions taken by the litigants in this case. After much deliberation and a thorough review of the extraordinary record in this case, the Court will deny the DOC's motion for entry of judgment, grant partial summary judgment...
Memorandum - (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Non-Party Deponent's Memorandum un Support of Assertion of the Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
Memorandum of Law - Plaintiff, Judicial Watch, Inc., by counsel, respectfully submits this memorandum of points and authorities regarding non-party witness John Huang's attempted invocation of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination at the continuation of his deposition on Tuesday, April 13, 1999.
RealVideo Clips of Fox News Special: "John Huang: In his own words" - Selected clips from the Fox special program, featuring Larry Klayman and several clips from John Huangs deposition (aired Oct. 24, 1997). Huang will again be deposed by Judicial Watch in mid-April 1999.
RealVideo Clips of 04/13/99 John Huang deposition - Huang again deposed by Judicial Watch where he takes the Fifth no less than 6 times in less than a half-hour period. Click here for the full transcript.
ORDER - (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Upon consideration of nonparty John Huang's motion to reconsider, filed January 7, 1999, the opposition thereto, the reply, and the record in this case, and for the reasons set forth in the memorandum opinion issued this date, it is hereby . . .
Order Granting Deposition of Johnny Chung - (Requires Adobe Reader) Upon consideration of Plantiff's Motion for Leave to Depose Johnny Chung [#485], defendant's opposition thereto, and the entire record herein, it is hereby
