Legal Opinion

Furnishing Information to Congress Under Section 222(f) of the Interstate Commerce Act

Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel

Decided June 16, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

June 16, 1978 78-33 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE GENERAL COUNSEL, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION Interstate Commerce Commission— Furnishing Information to Congress ( 49 U.S.C. § 322(d)) This is in response to your inquiry whether employees of the Interstate Commerce Commission (the Commission) may, under section 222(f) of the Interstate Commerce Act (the Act), 49 U.S.C. § 322(f), furnish documents or information to a member of the staff of the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary without fear of possible criminal liability under § 222(d) of the Act, 49…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Quinn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Wilkinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
  4. Gojack v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

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