WOLFE v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Civ. A. No. 81-2494.

539 F.Supp. 276 (1982)

Sidney M. WOLFE, M.D., and Public Citizens Health and Research Group, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornish F. Hitchcock, William B. Schultz, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Vincent M. Garvey, Andrew M. Wolfe, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

GESELL, District Judge.

This action was brought under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976), to obtain a report on the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") prepared by President-elect Reagan's transition team. HHS refused to release copies of the HHS transition team report located within the Department on the ground that it was prepared by the Office of the...

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