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GTE SYLVANIA, INC. v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

No. 78-1328.

598 F.2d 790 (1979)

GTE SYLVANIA, Incorporated v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, Richard O. Simpson, Barbara Franklin, Lawrence Kushner, Constance Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye Dunn, Vince DeLuise. RCA CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, Richard O. Simpson, Barbara H. Franklin, Lawrence M. Kushner, Constance E. Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye E. Dunn, and Vince DeLuise. The MAGNAVOX COMPANY v. Richard O. SIMPSON, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Barbara Franklin, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Lawrence Kushner, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Constance Newman, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, R. David Pittle, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Sadye Dunn, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Vince DeLuise, Freedom Information Officer, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION v. Richard O. SIMPSON, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Barbara Franklin, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Lawrence Kushner, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Constance Newman, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, R. David Pittle, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Sadye Dunn, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Vince DeLuise, Freedom Information Officer, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. MOTOROLA, INC. v. Richard O. SIMPSON, Barbara Franklin, Lawrence Kushner, Constance Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye Dunn, Vince DeLuise and Consumer Product Safety Commission. WARWICK ELECTRONICS, INC. v. Richard O. SIMPSON, Barbara Franklin, Lawrence Kushner, Constance Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye Dunn, Vince DeLuise, and Consumer Product Safety Commission. FORD AEROSPACE & COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION v. Richard O. SIMPSON, Barbara Franklin, Lawrence Kushner, Constance Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye Dunn, Vince DeLuise, and Consumer Product Safety Commission. ADMIRAL CORPORATION, a Corporation v. UNITED STATES of America and Consumer Product Safety Commission and Individually the Members Thereof as Individuals and as Members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Richard Simpson, Chairman, Dr. Lawrence Kushner, Vice Chairman, Barbara Hackman Franklin, Commissioner, Constance E. Newman, Commissioner, Dr. R. David Pittle, Commissioner, Sadye E. Dunn, Secretary. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY v. Richard O. SIMPSON, Chairman, R. David Pittle, Commissioner, Lawrence M. Kushner, Commissioner, Constance E. Newman, Commissioner, Barbara Hackman Franklin, Commissioner, Sadye E. Dunn, Secretary, and Consumer Product Safety Commission. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a Corp. of Delaware v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, Richard O. Simpson, Barbara Franklin, Lawrence Kushner, Constance E. Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye E. Dunn, Vince DeLuise. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY COMMISSION, Richard O. Simpson, Barbara H. Franklin, Lawrence M. Kushner, Constance E. Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye E. Dunn, Vince DeLuise. TOSHIBA AMERICA, INC. v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, Richard O. Simpson, Barbara Franklin, Lawrence Kushner, Constance E. Newman, R. David Pittle, Sadye E. Dunn, Vince DeLuise. Appeal of CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1979.

As Amended May 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., James W. Garvin, Jr., U.S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Leonard Schaitman, Mark N. Mutterperl (argued), Attys., Appellate Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Harry L. Shniderman, James M. McHaney, Jr., Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for appellees GTE Sylvania, Incorporated and Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp.

Bernard G. Segal, Charles C. Hileman, III (argued), Deena Jo Schneider, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee RCA Corp.

Robert W. Steele, Alan M. Grimaldi, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., H. James Conaway, Jr., Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., for appellee General Electric Co.

Richard J. Abrams, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for appellee The Magnavox Co.

Januar D. Bove, Jr., Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, Del., for appellee Zenith Radio Corp.

Stephen B. Clarkson, Sullivan, Beauregard, Clarkson, Moss, Brown & Johnson, Washington, D. C., for appellees The Magnavox Company and Zenith Radio Corp.

Walter T. Kuhlmey, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for appellee Motorola, Inc.

Nancy L. Buc, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Washington, D. C., for appellee Matsushita Electric Corporation of America.

Peter Garland, J. Portis Hicks, Wender, Murase & White, New York City, for appellee Sharp Electronics Corp.

David Fleischer, Battle, Fowler, Jaffin, Pierce & Kheel, New York City, for appellee Toshiba America, Inc.

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for appellees Motorola, Inc., Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Inc., Sharp Electronics Corp., and Toshiba America, Inc.

Burton Y. Weitzenfeld, Michael A. Stiegel, Arnstein, Gluck, Weitzenfeld & Minow, Chicago, Ill., Howard M. Berg, Berg, Aber, Heckler & Wyatt, Wilmington, Del., for appellee Warwick Electronics, Inc.

H. Woodruff Turner, Bruce Wiegand, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Admiral Corp.

Alan B. Morrison (argued), Diane B. Cohn, Washington, D. C., for amici curiae Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. and Public Citizen's Health Research Group.

Charles E. Hill, Alan R. Schwartz, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae Consumer Federation of America.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and GIBBONS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (the Commission) appeals from an order of the district court granting the plaintiffs' request for a permanent injunction prohibiting the Commission's disclosure of certain documents obtained under its statutory information-gathering authority. The Commission had earlier made an administrative determination to release the documents to members of the public under the Freedom of...

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