SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOC. v. U.S. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Nos. 97-1116, 97-1293.

135 F.3d 891 (1998)

SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, LOCAL UNION NO. 19 v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Daly (argued), Leonard Schaitman, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Joan K. Garner, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Charles T. Joyce (argued), Spear, Wilderman, Borish, Endy, Spear & Runckel, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.

Terry R. Yellig, Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, P.C., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Appellee, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO.

Before: SCIRICA and LEWIS, Circuit Judges and ACKERMAN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This case involves an interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 552 (West 1996 & Supp.1997). The issue on appeal is the continuing vitality of our opinion in International Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local Union No. 5 v. United States Dep't of Hous. and Urban Dev., 852 F.2d 87 (3d Cir.1988) ("IBEW"). In IBEW, we held the Freedom of...

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