COOPER CAMERON v. U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR, OSHA

No. 00-21077.

280 F.3d 539 (2002)

COOPER CAMERON CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graig J. Alvarez (argued), William Joseph Boyce, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steve I. Frank (argued), Leonard Aaron Schaitman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, Keith Orlando Edward Wyatt, Jill Lynn Ondrejko-Venezia, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Before GARWOOD and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and CLEMENT, District Judge.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Cooper Cameron Corporation ("Cooper") appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment sustaining the decision of the Department of Labor ("DOL") to withhold from public disclosure, under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"),1 documents related to an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant near Houston. Given the unusual circumstances of this case, we have determined that most...

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