Legal Opinion
Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Food and Drug Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 15, 1983No. 82-1745PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
This Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or “Act”) case involves an appeal from a grant of summary judgment against the Public Citizen Health Research Group (“HRG”), a nonprofit organization engaged in research and consumer advocacy on health and safety matters. The prevailing parties were the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the agency in possession of the records the HRG seeks, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), which is responsible for reviewing FDA denials of FOIA requests,…
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