CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES v. LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY Et Al.

Mr. Justice Douglas, Circuit Justice.

This application for stay of the discovery order by the District Court seemed to me, when I studied it at Goose Prairie, Wash., to present a series of very important and new questions under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U. S. C. § 552, for which guidelines would be desirable. Thus I was initially disposed to issue the stay so that in due course new guidelines could be established. But the questions presented involved so many complexities that I felt the application should be put down for oral argument so that all parties could be heard.

The Legal Aid…