BANNERCRAFT CLOTHING COMPANY v. RENEGOTIATION BOARD

Nos. 24685, 24778 and 71-1025.

466 F.2d 345 (1972)

BANNERCRAFT CLOTHING COMPANY, Inc. v. The RENEGOTIATION BOARD, Appellant. ASTRO COMMUNICATION LABORATORY, A Division of Aiken Industries, Inc. v. The RENEGOTIATION BOARD, Appellant. DAVID B. LILLY CO., Inc. et al. v. The RENEGOTIATION BOARD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. Appler, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. L. Patrick Gray, III and Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Walter H. Fleischer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Robert L. Ackerly, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James J. Gallagher, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees in Nos. 24,685 and 24,778.

Mr. Burton A. Schwalb, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Michael Evan Jaffe, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee in No. 71-1025.

Before WRIGHT and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and MATTHEWS, Senior District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals present important questions, unresolved in this jurisdiction,1 as to the remedial powers of District Courts under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1970). The three appellees in these cases are each Government contractors subject to the Renegotiation Act of 1951, 50 U.S.C.App. §§ 1211-1233 (1970), an elaborate statutory scheme designed to recoup excessive...

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