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Revision admitted on access to secret facts

BVerwG 6 B 10/12, 6 B 10/12 (6 C 22/12)Bverwg / Division 6Sep 26, 2012Granted

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The Federal Administrative Court admitted the revision. It held that the case presents a question of fundamental importance: whether an action seeking access to secret facts must be dismissed if the court cannot assess disclosure-refusal grounds without inspecting the disputed records and the claimant, after a withholding declaration under § 99(1) sentence 2 VwGO, does not seek in-camera review under § 99(2) VwGO.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; admission of revision for fundamental importance in access-to-information disputes involving withheld files. A question is of fundamental importance where the appeal proceedings can clarify an unresolved issue of general significance for the development and uniform application of the law. This is especially so where it remains open whether a claim for access to secret facts must be dismissed if the existence of disclosure-refusal grounds cannot be established without inspection of the files and the claimant does not initiate the procedure under § 99(2) VwGO after a withholding declaration under § 99(1) sentence 2 VwGO (consid. 1).

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BVerwG — 6 B 10/12, 6 B 10/12 (6 C 22/12), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2012-09-26

Aktenzeichen: 6 B 10/12, 6 B 10/12 (6 C 22/12)

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 132 Abs 2 Nr 1 VwGO, § 99 Abs 1 S 2 VwGO, § 99 Abs 2 VwGO

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg, 17. November 2011, Az: 12 B 12.08, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 6. Senat

Titelzeile

Revisionszulassung; Auskunftsverweigerung; Geheimhaltung

Gründe

1 Die Revision ist gemäß § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung des Rechtsstreits zuzulassen. Das angestrebte Revisionsverfahren kann zur Beantwortung der bisher in der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts nicht ausreichend geklärten Frage beitragen, ob die auf Auskunft gerichtete Klage über geheim gehaltene Tatsachen zwingend abzuweisen ist, wenn das Vorliegen von Auskunftsverweigerungsgründen aus der Sicht des Gerichts nicht ohne Einsicht in die streitgegenständlichen Unterlagen zu klären ist und der Kläger nach einer Sperrerklärung gemäß § 99 Abs. 1 Satz 2 VwGO bezüglich dieser Unterlagen einen Antrag nach § 99 Abs. 2 VwGO nicht stellt.

Keywords

revision admissibilityfundamental importancewithheld filesaccess claimin-camera review

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether revision should be admitted for fundamental importance under § 132(2) No. 1 VwGO.

Extracted holding

Revision was admitted because the case raises an unresolved question of fundamental importance.

Extracted reasoning

The court found that the proposed revision could clarify whether an access claim concerning secret facts must be dismissed when the existence of disclosure-refusal grounds cannot be determined without reviewing the disputed files and the claimant does not file a motion under § 99(2) VwGO after a withholding declaration under § 99(1) sentence 2 VwGO.

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