GILDA IND. v. U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION BUREAU

Civil Action No. 04-1648(RMC).

457 F.Supp.2d 6 (2006)

GILDA INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION BUREAU, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Herrick, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff.

Kathleen M. Konopka, U.S. Attorney's Office, Civil Division, Claire M. Whitaker, United States Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

COLLYER, District Judge.

This case presents an interesting question under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552: can the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Bureau ("CBP") refuse to release the names and addresses of certain importers when that information, combined with other publicly available data, might be used to cause the importers substantial commercial harm? Concluding that CBP has properly relied...

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