Legal Opinion
United States v. Weber Aircraft Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 1984No. 82-1616PublishedCited by 238 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U. S. C. § 552 (1982 ed.), requires federal agencies to disclose records 1 that do not fall into one of nine exempt categories. 2 The question presented is whether confidential statements obtained during an Air Force investigation of an air crash are protected from disclosure by Exemption 5, which exempts “inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.”
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On October 9, 1973, the engine of an Air Force F-106B aircraft failed in flight. Captain Richard…
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