AMERICAN SUMATRA T. CORP. v. SECURITIES AND EXCH. COM'N

Nos. 6776, 7372.

110 F.2d 117 (1940)

AMERICAN SUMATRA TOBACCO CORPORATION v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 2, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh H. Obear, of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Chester T. Lane, Gen. Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stuart K. Barnes, and Thomas J. Lynch, all of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


GRONER, C. J.

Petitioner asked confidential treatment of a part of its profit and loss statement filed with the Commission.1 Upon denial, it brought this petition for review.

Petitioner is a Delaware farmer-corporation engaged exclusively in growing, curing, and selling shade-grown wrapper tobacco for use in the manufacture of cigars. It owns and controls approximately 35,500 acres of...

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