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STONE v. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF UNITED STATES

No. 75-2575.

552 F.2d 132 (1977)

Richard (Dick) STONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF the UNITED STATES et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Capelle, San Francisco, Cal., Michael Sierra, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard Schaitman, Thomas G. Wilson, Civ. Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Export-Import Bk.

W. DeVier Pierson, Mark E. Greenwood, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Before MORGAN and FAY, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 23, 1977.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether the Bank for Foreign Trade, an agency of the Soviet Union, is a "person" within the meaning of the fourth exemption of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4). We hold that it is.

I. FACTS.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States, an independent federal agency, is a banking corporation that helps...

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