Legal Opinion
Consumers Union of United States, Inc. v. Veterans Administration
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 10, 1969No. 68-Civ. 2975PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROAKE, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM
Consumers Union of the United States, Inc., brings this action to compel the Veterans Administration (VA) and several of its officials to make specified records of the VA’s hearing-aid testing program available to it. Under our reading of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, Congress has not exempted these records from its broad mandate that public records be available to the public. Since, however, the equity jurisdiction of this court has been invoked, we have weighed the benefits and dangers of disclosure and will compel the VA to make only the…
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