Legal Opinion
Lasalle Extension University & Katharine Gibbs School (Inc.) v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 5, 1980No. 79-1270PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
Plaintiffs LaSalle Extension University and Katharine Gibbs School (LaSalle) appeal the district court’s denial of attorneys’ fees under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E) (1976). The district court determined that LaSalle’s confessed commercial self-interest in obtaining the requested material had provided an adequate incentive to bring the FOIA suit. It therefore denied LaSalle their attorneys’ fees as unnecessary to promote release of information that ought to be available to the public.
On appeal, plaintiffs contend the district court erred in…
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