Richard (Dick) Stone v. Export-Import Bank of the United States

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether the Bank for Foreign Trade, an agency of the Soviet Union, is a “person” within the meaning of the fourth exemption of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4). We hold that it is.

I. FACTS.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States, an independent federal agency, is a banking corporation that helps facilitate and finance exports and imports between the United States and other countries. See generally 12 U.S.C. § 635 et seq.; 12 C.F.R. § 402.1. Eximbank, as it is known, derives its funds primarily from the sale of…