Legal Opinion
Washington Post Co. v. Minority Business Opportunity Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 1989No. 87-785PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
The District of Columbia is committed by statute both to the right of its citizens to freedom of information and to the principle of affirmative action to correct the effects of past racial discrimination. This appeal requires us to consider the application of the first of these statutory policies to facts which potentially implicate the second.
Appellant Washington Post Company (the Post), relying on the District’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), D.C.Code § 1-1521 et seq. (1987 Repl.), seeks access to extensive information in the possession of the District of…
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