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MINK v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

No. 71-1708.

464 F.2d 742 (1971)

Patsy T. MINK et al., Appellants, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1971.

As Amended November 2, 1971.

Certiorari Granted March 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ramsey Clark, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Kenneth C. Bass, III, was on the motion, for appellants.

Mr. Jeffrey Axelrad, Atty., Department of Justice, with whom Messrs. Morton, Hollander and Harland F. Leathers, Attys., Department of Justice, were on the opposition to the motion, for appellees.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LEVENTHAL and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Granted March 6, 1972. See 92 S.Ct. 1196.

PER CURIAM:

This is a suit brought by 33 members of Congress, in both their official and private capacities, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1970), to obtain several documents pertaining to an underground nuclear test explosion which had been scheduled to take place on Amchitka Island, Alaska.1

Priority is given by the Act to such suits...

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