Legal Opinion
Federal Trade Commission v. Grolier Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1983No. 82-372PublishedCited by 377 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U. S. C. § 552, mandates that the Government make its records available to the public. Section 552(b)(5) exempts from disclosure “inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party ... in litigation with the agency.” It is well established that this exemption was intended to encompass the attorney work-product rule. The question presented in this case is the extent, if any, to which the work-product component of Exemption 5 applies when the litigation for which the requested documents were generated has…
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