GREEN v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

No. 79-1509.

618 F.2d 836 (1980)

Mark GREEN and Corporate Accountability Research Group v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1980.

As Amended March 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harland F. Leathers, Sp. Asst. to the Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Carl S. Rauh, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time brief was filed, Dennis Alton Dutterer, Asst., U. S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant. Patricia G. Reeves, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

David C. Vladeck, Washington, D. C., with whom Alan B. Morrison and Girardeau A. Spann, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and McGOWAN and MIKVA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge:

The Department of Commerce (Department) appeals from an order of the District Court in favor of plaintiff-appellee Mark Green1 in this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)2 suit. Green seeks access to some 62,000 documents (boycott reports) submitted to the Department by United States exporters and related service...

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