Legal Opinion
Carlson v. US Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 15, 2007No. 05-16159PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
Douglas F. Carlson appeals pro se the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in Carlson’s action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., which sought public disclosure of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, regular business hours, and final collection times for outgoing mail for every United States post office. The district court determined that the records sought were exempt from FOIA disclosure as “information of a commercial nature, ... which under good business practice would not…
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