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Aviation Consumer Action Project v. C. Langhorne Washburn

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 21, 1976No. 75-1086PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRODERICK, District Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dated September 6, 1974 granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs (appellees), which order declared that *103exemption five of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5), “is inapplicable and cannot be invoked by the defendants (appellants) or their agents or employees as a basis for closing any meeting of the Travel Advisory Board (hereinafter TAB) or any other advisory committee from the public, or for excluding the plaintiffs or any other interested person from any such meeting.” The district court’s…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Renegotiation Board v. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Gary A. Soucie v. Edward E. David, Jr., Director, Office of Science and TechnologyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  5. United States v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Rogers v. ScurrCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
  2. Gatewood v. Washington Healthcare Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
  3. Cleland v. Bronson Health Care Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  4. William W. Winpisinger v. Jack Watson, Secretary of the Cabinet and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental AffairsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  5. Harry E. Hoover v. The United States Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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