Legal Opinion
Washington Post Company v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 6, 1989No. 88-5094PublishedCited by 353 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
WALD, Chief Judge:
For nine years, The Washington Post Company (“the Post”) has been seeking access under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to certain financial disclosure forms filed by scientists who work as consultants for the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”). In the most recent chapter, the Post appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS” or “the Department”) pursuant to FOIA exemption 4, which authorizes the government to withhold financial information…
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