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A. MICHAEL'S PIANO, INC. v. F.T.C.

No. 120, Docket 93-6051.

18 F.3d 138 (1994)

A. MICHAEL'S PIANO, INC., Tracy Patrick Smith, Nicholas Vitagliano and Maria Vitagliano, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan W. Cuneo, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John F. Daly, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Leonard Schaitman, Attorney; Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Albert S. Dabrowski, United States Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: FEINBERG, CARDAMONE and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has in its possession corporate records voluntarily submitted to it by a manufacturer on the understanding they would be shielded from public disclosure. A former retail distributor of the submitting corporation's products seeks to obtain these records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1988). Full agency disclosure under that "sunshine law" has as its premise the Founders...

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