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NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY v. NAT. AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMIN.

Civ. A. No. 86-2860.

679 F.Supp. 33 (1987)

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Carome, Timothy B. Dyk, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Linda Lance, Michael Sitcov, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NORMA HOLLOWAY JOHNSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff, The New York Times Company (the Times), brought this action against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel disclosure of the voice communications tape recorded aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, the date of the tragic accident which took the lives of the seven Challenger...

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