ROCKWELL INTERN. CORP. v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 99-5218.

235 F.3d 598 (2001)

ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Townsend Rich argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were David B. Beers and Brita Dagmar Strandberg.

Michael C. Johnson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Before: WILLIAMS, RANDOLPH and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

Responding to congressional criticism, the Department of Justice prepared an internal report defending its prosecution of appellant for environmental crimes allegedly committed at the Rocky Flats nuclear facility. Although the Department released the text of the report to the public, it withheld a series of supporting documents, mostly inter...

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