§ 379f Recovery and retention of fees for freedom of information requests

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 21 > Chapter 9 > Subchapter VII > Part C > Subpart 1 - Freedom of Information Fees

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.