Legal Opinion
Dudman Communications Corporation v. Department of the Air Force
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 14, 1987No. 86-5154PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.
MIKVA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Dudman Communications Corporation, a radio broadcaster, invoked the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to obtain a preliminary draft of a historical work prepared and published by the Department of the Air Force. After the Department denied the FOIA request, Dudman brought suit in district court. The court held that the draft was exempt from FOIA’s general disclosure requirements because release of the draft would reveal the Department’s deliberative process. We affirm.
I. Background
The Department…
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