Legal Opinion
Edward S. Irons v. William B. Schuyler, Commissioner of Patents
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 18, 1972No. 24742PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Appellant, plaintiff in the District Court, filed a complaint against the Commissioner of Patents of the United States under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552.1 After partial*610ly granting the relief sought, 321 F. Supp. 628, the court in terms dismissed the complaint. Appellant sought an injunction prohibiting the Commissioner from refusing to produce as requested “all unpublished manuscript decisions of the Patent Office, together with such in-dices as are available,”2 and also to require the Commissioner to “maintain and make available for public…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. RumelySupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Julius G. Getman v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Bristol-Myers Company v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Marc Truitt v. Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Michael Ruotolo and Kathleen M. Ruotolo v. Department of Justice, Tax DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Temistocles Ramirez De Arellano v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings of Robert W. Beverly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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