Legal Opinion
Pierce & Stevens Chemical Corp. v. United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 14, 1978No. 404, Docket 78-6135PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
In the past decade and a half the Congress of the United States has enacted many complex statutes, a good number of which present difficult questions of interpretation.1 This appeal involves a potential clash between two such laws: the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (FOIA), and the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2051-2081. The Consumer Product Safety Commission appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John T. Elfvin, J., which permanently restrained the Commission from disclosing to one Adele…
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