COASTAL STATES GAS CORP. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

No. 79-2181.

617 F.2d 854 (1980)

COASTAL STATES GAS CORPORATION v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Letter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., Michael Kimmel and Burton D. Fretz, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

J. Todd Shields, Houston, Tex., a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Texas, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court with whom Clinton R. Batterton and Joseph T. Small, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROBB, WILKEY and WALD, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

This case raises issues concerning the scope of Exemptions 5 and 7 to the general disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976). In 1975 and 1976, plaintiff Coastal States Gas Corporation (Coastal States) filed Freedom of Information requests with the defendant,1 seeking copies of agency interpretations of its...

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