AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS v. KREPS

No. 76-1559.

574 F.2d 624 (1978)

AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS et al., Appellants, v. Juanita M. KREPS, Secretary of Commerce, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1978.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel H. Levy, Washington, D. C., with whom Howard M. Liberman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Bruce E. Titus, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Virginia, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees. Jeffrey Axelrad, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Girardeau A. Spann and Diane B. Cohn, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Mark Green, et al., as amici curiae, urging reversal.

Before TAMM, ROBINSON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal summons us to investigate the scope of Exemption 3 of the Freedom of Information Act, as revised in 1976,1 in order to determine whether Section 7(c) of the Export Administration Act of 19692 fits within the purview of that exemption. We conclude that Section 7(c) is not...

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