LAWYERS ALLIANCE v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Civ. A. No. 88-7635.

766 F.Supp. 318 (1991)

LAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL-PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER, and Natural Resources Defense Council v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

May 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Berkowitz, Michael J. Salmanson, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Michael Basch, Fine, Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, Pa., Janice H. Levin, American Greetings Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

Robert J. Smolski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Vincent M. Garvey, Robin D. Ball, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.


OPINION

GAWTHROP, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control-Philadelphia Chapter, (LANAC) and the Natural Resources Defense Council, (NRDC), brought this action under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, (FOIA), to compel the defendant, Department of Energy, (DOE), to release specified data on past nuclear-weapons explosions by the United States and the Soviet Union. These data are contained in documents that...

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