Legal Opinion

New England Apple Council v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 18, 1984No. 83-1400PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to construe the scope of the personal privacy exemption of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(C). Plaintiffs-appellees, the New England Apple Council (NEAC) and its member growers, seek release of the names of individuals variously involved in an investigation of NEAC conducted in 1979 by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Labor. NEAC is an organization of east coast apple growers. The grand jury investigation conducted by OIG personnel focused on the activities of the NEAC in its hiring of…

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