Legal Opinion
American Airlines, Inc. v. National Mediation Board
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 4, 1978No. Nos. 272, 381, Dockets 78-6121, 78-6162PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal, argued to us with considerable sophistication, presents the fairly simple question whether under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 5521 the National Mediation Board (the Board) must disclose the number of cards that a union seeking to organize an air carrier’s *865employees submits to the Board. The answer to the question is complicated somewhat by the tortured, not to say obfuscating, legislative history of the FOIA so incisively remarked upon by Kenneth Culp Davis.2 But finding our way through the maze of the legislative history is not as…
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- Julius G. Getman v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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