Legal Opinion
Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. v. United States Department of State James A. Baker, Iii, in His Capacity as Secretary of State
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1990No. 89-55010PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a reverse Freedom of Information Act question under 5 U.S.C. § 552 (“the FOIA”).
Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. (“PAE”) seeks to prevent the State Department from disclosing the amount of PAE’s hourly charges to the government under its contract to provide maintenance and opera tions services. The State Department determined this information was not exempt from disclosure under the FOIA. Using the standard prescribed in 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A) of the Administrative Procedure Act (whether agency action is “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse…
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