CONTRACT FREIGHTERS v. SECRETARY OF U.S. DOT

No. 00-2780.

260 F.3d 858 (2001)

CONTRACT FREIGHTERS, INC., Petitioner, v. SECRETARY OF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, United States Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Scott, argued, Joplin, MO, for appellant.

Peter R. Maier, argued, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before BYE and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and NANGLE, District Judge.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

Contract Freighters, Inc., (CFI) petitions for review of an order of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The parties have different views about what standard a motor carrier must satisfy to exempt from public disclosure certain financial data submitted to the Department of Transportation (DOT). CFI contends that the BTS should have granted an exemption upon CFI's showing that it treats financial data as confidential information.

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