CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY v. E.P.A.

No. 83-1221.

731 F.2d 16 (1984)

CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic Townsend, Washington, D.C., with whom Alan B. Morrison and Cornish F. Hitchcock, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Laura F. Einstein, Attorney-Advisor, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., of the Bar of the Dist. of Columbia Court of Appeals, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court, with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time of the brief was filed, Royce C. Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence and Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MIKVA and SCALIA, Circuit Judges, and RICHEY, District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by District Judge CHARLES R. RICHEY.

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge:

This is an appeal from the trial judge's grant of the government's Motion for Summary Judgment based on a detailed affidavit in lieu of an in camera inspection of requested documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976 & Supp. V 1981). Appellant, Center for Auto Safety ("the Center") is a non-profit consumer organization...

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