Legal Opinion
A. Michael's Piano, Inc., Tracy Patrick Smith, Nicholas Vitagliano and Maria Vitagliano v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 3, 1994No. 120, Docket 93-6051PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has in its possession corporate records voluntarily submitted to it by a manufacturer on the understanding they would be shielded from public disclosure. A former retail distributor of the submitting corporation’s products seeks to obtain these records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1988). Full agency disclosure under that “sunshine law” has as its premise the Founders’ view that “the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the…
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