Legal Opinion
Government Land Bank v. General Services Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 24, 1982No. 81-1550PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
In this case arising under the Freedom of Information Act, we are asked to decide whether the Act requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to disclose an appraisal of realty to a state agency that is seeking to buy the property from GSA.
The Facts: GSA and the Land Bank
The plaintiff, Government Land Bank (Land Bank), is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts whose principal function is to acquire land for eventual redisposition to state agencies and private parties for publicly beneficial use. Defendant GSA is a United States government agency empowered to…
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