Legal Opinion
The Washington Post Company v. United States Department of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 28, 1982No. 80-2469PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case presents the question of whether the District Court, having rejected the Government’s contention that two preFOIA statutes qualified as a statutory prohibition of disclosure under Exemption 3 of FOIA, properly went on to hold that there could be inferred from such statutes and their historical context an intention by Congress that disclosure should not be made despite the unavailability of any FOIA exemption.
In its appeal to this court, the Government’s presentation is largely confined to a reassertion of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Environmental Protection Agency v. MinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
- The Washington Post Company v. United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Cna Financial Corporation v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Maryann Paisley v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of ReclamationDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1993
- Barry v. Washington Post Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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