Legal Opinion
Forsham v. Harris
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 3, 1980No. 78-1118PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnqtjist
The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U. S. C. § 552, empowers federal courts to order an “agency”, to produce “agency records improperly withheld” from an individual requesting access. § 552 (a)(4)(B). We hold here that written data generated, owned, and possessed by a privately controlled organization receiving federal study grants aré not “agency records” within the meaning of the Act when copies of those data have not been obtained by a federal agency subject to the FOIA. Federal participation in the generation of the data by means of a grant from the Department of Health, Education, and…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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- United States v. OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Robert F. Bradley v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Peter H. Forsham v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
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