AFGE, LOCAL 2782 v. U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE

No. 86-5390.

907 F.2d 203 (1990)

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 2782, Edward V. Hanlon, and Ruth A. Sanders Hanlon, Appellants, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward V. Hanlon, Seabrook, Md., for appellants. Ruth A. Sanders Hanlon, Baltimore, Md., also entered an appearance, for appellants.

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates, and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge, and GESELL, District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from an attempt by Local 2782 of the American Federation of Government Employees to obtain access, under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, to records documenting the promotion practices of the Census Bureau, a unit of the Department of Commerce. The Department denied its request for these documents, and the Union brought suit in district...

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