Federal Labor Relations Authority v. United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Navy

Because application of United States Dep’t of Justice v. Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749, 109 5.Ct. 1468, 103 L.Ed.2d 774 (1989) to this case bars disclosure of the names and addresses of public sector employees, I respectfully dissent.1

The majority holds that “Reporters Committee does not require the federal courts, when balancing interests favoring and opposing disclosure, to ignore public interests other than those embodied in the FOIA when the disclosure request originates from some other statute other than the FOIA.” Maj. op. at 1115. I disagree.

The language of the…