Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corporation v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1989No. 88-1900PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Mobil Oil Corporation (“Mobil”) in which the district court ordered the EPA to produce documents requested by Mobil under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (“FOIA”). We address the question of whether the EPA waived its right to invoke statutory exemptions to Mobil’s request for documents under FOIA by its release of related documents to Mobil and third parties.
FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Mobil, pursuant to FOIA, requested a number of documents…
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