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CONOCO INC. v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Nos. 81-2897, 81-2963.

687 F.2d 724 (1982)

CONOCO INC., a Delaware corporation, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. CONOCO INC., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Craven, Mark L. Evans, Robert K. Huffman (argued), Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D. C., Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for appellant; David M. Francis, Marjorie Wilhelm, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

D. Lowell Jensen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lawrence Lippe, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Daniel S. Friedman (argued), Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee Dept. of Justice.

Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., U. S. Atty., Peggy L. Ableman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Janice Alperin (argued), Larry P. Ellsworth, Gary A. Gegenheimer, U. S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., for appellee Dept. of Energy.

Before ALDISERT, GIBBONS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In this case, Conoco Inc. appeals from the granting of summary judgment in favor of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Justice shielding certain documents from disclosure under two exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976). Conoco sought access to, and copies of twenty-seven documents possessed by DOE and seven documents from the Department...

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