Legal Opinion

Contract Freighters, Inc. v. Secretary of United States Department of Transportation

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 10, 2001No. 00-2780PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Contract Freighters, Inc., (CFI) petitions for review of an order of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The parties have different views about what standard a motor carrier must satisfy to exempt from public disclosure certain financial data submitted to the Department of Transportation (DOT). CFI contends that the BTS should have granted an exemption upon CFI’s showing that it treats financial data as confidential information. The BTS denied CFI’s exemption request, concluding that CFI had to show that substantial competitive harm was likely to result from…

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  1. Contract Freighters, Inc. v. Secretary Of United States Department Of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001

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