Legal Opinion
Critical Mass Energy Project v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 29, 1987No. 86-5647PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
In this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case, plaintiff Critical Mass Energy Project (CMEP) seeks access to reports prepared by a utility industry consortium and voluntarily transmitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission). The district court granted the NRC’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the reports in question could be withheld pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), FOIA’s exemption for confidential, commercial information.1 Because the NRC has not established on the current record that exemption (b)(4) shelters the disputed…
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