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HOUSTON BUS. JOUR. v. OFFICE OF COMP., TREAS. DEPT.

No. 95-5273.

86 F.3d 1208 (1996)

HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, INC. and Dee Gill, Individually, Appellants, v. OFFICE OF the COMPTROLLER OF the CURRENCY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the TREASURY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Hoffman, Washington, D.C., argued the cause for appellants, with whom Max Stier was on the briefs.

Ernest C. Barrett, III, Assistant Director, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States Department of the Treasury, argued the cause for appellee, with whom L. Robert Griffin, Director, was on the brief. Julie L. Williams entered an appearance.

Before: SILBERMAN, BUCKLEY and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion of the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Houston Business Journal, Inc., ("Journal") appeals from the denial of its motion to compel the production of documents from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("Comptroller"). The Journal seeks to use the documents in a libel action in Texas state court in which the Journal is the defendant and the Comptroller is not a party. Because the Journal had already failed...

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