NATIONAL PARKS AND CONSERVATION ASS'N v. MORTON

No. 73-1033.

498 F.2d 765 (1974)

NATIONAL PARKS AND CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary, Department of the Interior, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1974.

Rehearing denied June 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Wolf, Washington, D. C., with whom Victor H. Kramer and John F. Dienelt, Washington D. C., were on the brief for appellant.

Lawrence H. Wechsler, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry and Arnold T. Aikens, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellees. Earl J. Silbert, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Appellant brought this action under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1970), seeking to enjoin officials of the Department of the Interior from refusing to permit inspection and copying of certain agency records concerning concessions operated in the national parks. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant on the ground that the information sought is exempt from disclosure under section 552(b) (4) of the...

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