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CONSUMERS UNION OF U. S., INC. v. HEIMANN

No. 77-2115.

589 F.2d 531 (1978)

CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC., Appellant, v. John G. HEIMANN, Individually and in his official capacity as Comptroller of the Currency.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Cymrot, Washington, D. C., with whom Ellen Broadman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Michael Kimmel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Charles E. Hill and Douglas L. Parker, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and TAMM, Circuit Judge, and HOFFMAN, United States Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge, TAMM.

Concurring opinion filed by Chief Judge, J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Consumers Union of United States, Inc., challenges an order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that granted summary judgment in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit to appellee Comptroller of the Currency (Comptroller). The district court (Pratt, J.) held that exemption 8 of...

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