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UNITED STATES v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

No. 80-1269.

638 F.2d 570 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Volk (argued), Richard R. Riese, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant; Stuart I. Saltman, Chief Labor Counsel, Westinghouse Elec. Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel.

Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Cindrich, U. S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman, Alfred Mollin (argued), Attys., Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee; Howard Walderman, Glen Drew, Attys., Dept. of Health, Ed. & Welfare, Rockville, Md., of counsel.

Before HUNTER, WEIS and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

I.

In this case, we attempt to reconcile the privacy interests of employees in their medical records with the significant public interest in research designed to improve occupational safety and health.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (hereinafter NIOSH) was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq. (1976...

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