ORION RESEARCH INC. v. E. P. A.

No. 79-1293.

615 F.2d 551 (1980)

ORION RESEARCH INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Hagopian, Cambridge, Mass., with whom John R. Stopa, Cambridge, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

John D. Hanify, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH, Circuit Judge, BONSAL, Senior District Judge.


BONSAL, District Judge.

On December 10, 1975, Plaintiff-Appellant, Orion Research Incorporated ("Orion"), instituted this action pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 ("FOIA"), to enjoin Defendant-Appellee, the Environmental Protection Agency ("the EPA"), from withholding from it certain documents it had requested. Both sides moved for summary judgment. Following its in camera inspection, the district court ordered the EPA to furnish...

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