Legal Opinion
Acumenics Research & Technology v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1988No. 87-1650PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
This is a reverse Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 case in which Acumenics Research and Technology, Inc. (Acumenics) seeks to prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from releasing certain pricing information that Acumenics submitted to the government as part of a contract proposal. Employing the standard prescribed in 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A) (whether agency action is “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law”), the district court upheld DOJ’s decision to release the information. Acumenics now…
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