Legal Opinion

David L. Brockway, Sr. v. Department of the Air Force

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 6, 1975No. 74-1268PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

On this appeal by the Department of the Air Force we are required to review a district court order requiring the Air Force to make public all of a safety report on an airplane crash. The district court order and memorandum opinion, published at 370 F.Supp. 738 (N.D.Iowa 1974), were premised upon the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552.

On February 24, 1972, Second Lieutenant David L. Brockway, Jr., of the United States Air Force was killed when his aircraft crashed during a training flight near England Air Force Base, in Louisiana. This appeal…

2Cases cited32 opinions

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