Legal Opinion
Painting and Drywall Work Preservation Fund, Inc. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 29, 1991No. 88-5076PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development appeals a district court order requiring it to divulge the names and addresses of construction workers that it had redacted from payroll records released pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The Department argues that the redacted information was properly withheld under Exemption 6 of the Act because its release would constitute an unwarranted invasion of the workers’ privacy. Based on a Supreme Court interpretation of Exemption 6 that issued after the district…
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