NEW YORK PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 02 Civ. 5130(AKH).

249 F.Supp.2d 327 (2003)

NEW YORK PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and Office of Management and Budget, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Vladeck, with whom Andrew Goldberg and Michael Tankersely were on the brief, for plaintiff.

James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Elizabeth Wolstein, Assistant United States Attorney, for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER PARTIALLY GRANTING AND PARTIALLY DNYING SUMMARY JUDGMENT REGARDING EXEMPTIONS FOUR AND FIVE OF THE FREDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.

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