Legal Opinion
Bristol-Myers Company v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 26, 1970No. 22277_1PublishedCited by 233 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
This is a case requiring us to construe the Freedom of Information Act. 1 The Bristol-Myers Company seeks an order compelling the Federal Trade Commission to produce certain documents relevant to a rulemaking proceeding initiated by the Commission on the basis of “extensive staff investigation, * * * accumulated experience and available studies and reports. * * *” 2 The Commission refused to produce the documents, and the District Court dismissed the complaint, ruling that the material sought did not constitute “identifiable records” whose production is required by…
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