Legal Opinion
Washington Post Co. v. United States Department of Agriculture
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 18, 1996No. Civil Action 95-0656PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
The Washington Post Company brings this action under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) to release the names and addresses of, and amounts paid to, individuals and business entities that received payments in fiscal year 1993 under the USDA cotton price support program. See 7 U.S.C. §§ 1444 et seq. USDA has invoked Exemption 6 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6), which permits the government to withhold from release “personnel and medical files and similar…
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