Legal Opinion
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 13, 1988No. 87-5381PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company seeks release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 1 of copies of certain of its own corporate records that were provided to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a third party. EPA has refused to surrender the documents, invoking FOIA Exemption 7(A), which authorizes the withholding of information compiled for law enforcement purposes when the production thereof “could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement…
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