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LESSNER v. U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE

No. 86-2411.

827 F.2d 1333 (1987)

Richard LESSNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; James K. Pont, Deputy Director, Office of Export Admin., United States Department of Commerce; Douglas A. Riggs, General Counsel, United States Department of Commerce, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1987.

As Amended October 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance C. Mead, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dept. of Justice, John F. Daly, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before FLETCHER, BEEZER and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Richard Lessner challenges the Department of Commerce's refusal to supply him, upon his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, with the names of businesses and individuals granted licenses to export to the Soviet Union. We agree with the district court that the information he seeks is exempt from disclosure under 5 U.S.C. § 552b(b)(3).

FACTS

On March 5, 1985, Lessner requested, pursuant to FOIA, a list of "United States companies...

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