BROCKWAY v. DEPARTMENT OF AIR FORCE

No. 74-1268.

518 F.2d 1184 (1975)

David L. BROCKWAY, Sr., Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF the AIR FORCE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Wilson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Richard P. Moore, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROSS and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

On this appeal by the Department of the Air Force we are required to review a district court order requiring the Air Force to make public all of a safety report on an airplane crash. The district court order and memorandum opinion, published at 370 F.Supp. 738 (N.D.Iowa 1974), were premised upon the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552.

On February 24, 1972, Second Lieutenant...

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