Legal Opinion
Cna Financial Corporation v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 29, 1987No. 81-2169PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
This reverse-Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case 1 features two important is sues: the exact scope of 18 U.S.C. § 1905, commonly referred to as the Trade Secrets Act, 2 and its relationship to FOIA Exemptions 3 3 and 4. 4 In past cases, we have repeatedly touched upon these difficult questions, but never squarely decided them. 5 We resolve them definitively today.
I. Background
We begin by reducing the background of this appeal to its essence. Appellant CNA 6 is an insurance…
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