Legal Opinion
James T. Campbell v. Department of Health and Human Services and Eli Lilly and Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 25, 1982No. 81-1839PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Exemption 7(A) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A), permits an agency to withhold from public disclosure “investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such records would ... interfere with enforcement proceedings.” This case presents the novel question whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may rely upon Exemption 7(A) in justification of a blanket refusal to release to a third party any information submitted by a potential target of an FDA enforcement action. The…
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