Legal Opinion
Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 25, 2008No. 07-5191, 07-5192PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal by Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (“Stolt-Nielsen”) from a summary judgment in favor of the United States in a FOIA action in which StolWNielsen had sought, inter alia, all amnesty agreements entered into by the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice since 1993. The district court held that the agreements were exempt under several provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The court further held that no portions of the documents were “reasonably…
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