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Petroleum Information Corporation v. United States Department of the Interior

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided October 27, 1992No. 91-5059PublishedCited by 437 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Petroleum Information Corporation submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Bureau of Land Management, seeking access to records from a computer data bank containing information on public lands. The data bank, called the Legal Land Description (LLD) file, will be a component of a comprehensive new land records system the Bureau is developing. The Bureau resisted disclosure, arguing that the LLD file is an unfinished “draft” protected by the FOIA’s deliberative process-…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by437 opinions

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  5. John R. Mapother, Stephen E. Nevas v. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993

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