Legal Opinion
Media Access Project, People for the American Way, and Union of Concerned Scientists v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 29, 1989No. 88-1760PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
MIKVA, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners seek review of Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) regulations that implement, under the Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1986 (“Reform Act”), Pub.L. No. 99-570, 100 Stat. 3207 (codified at 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)), fee waivers for certain Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests.
We find as a threshold matter that we have jurisdiction to decide this case. Because the Commission invoked the Communications…
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