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WASH. LEGAL FOUNDATION v. U.S. SENTENCING COM'N

No. 94-5334.

89 F.3d 897 (1996)

WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION, Appellant v. UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Kamenar, argued the cause for appellant, with whom Daniel J. Popeo, was on the briefs.

Jennifer H. Zacks, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellees, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and Mark B. Stern, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, were on the brief.

Before: BUCKLEY, GINSBURG, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

The Supreme Court has stated approvingly that "the courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents." Nixon v. Warner Comm., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597, 98 S.Ct. 1306, 1311-12, 55 L.Ed.2d 570 (1978). At least as it applies to the federal government, however, the reach of this common law right is...

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