FEDERAL DEPOSIT INS. CORP. v. ERNST & ERNST

No. 1008, Docket 81-7917.

677 F.2d 230 (1982)

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, in its Corporate Capacity and as Receiver of Franklin National Bank, Plaintiff, Jon Brown and Public Interest Research Group, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. ERNST & ERNST, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornish F. Hitchcock, Washington, D. C. (Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellants.

Daniel F. Kolb, New York City (Paul R. Koepff, Karen E. Wagner, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and LOWE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from Judge Weinstein's order denying the motion of Jon Brown and the Public Interest Research Group ("PIRG") to modify a stipulation and order requiring, inter alia, confidentiality of the terms of the settlement reached between the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") and Ernst & Ernst, an accounting firm.1 Since we agree that the standards of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"),...

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