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SAVE THE DOLPHINS v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF COM.

No. C-74-0026-CBR.

404 F.Supp. 407 (1975)

SAVE THE DOLPHINS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Defendant, Joseph M. Medina, Jr., Intervenor.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

November 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Fitting, Joel E. Boxer, Charles G. Miller, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff; Victor H. Kramer, Richard B. Wolf, Andrew V. Hecht, Institute for Public Interest Representation, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., Richard F. Locke, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.

Quentin L. Kopp, James F. Thacher, Thacher, Jones, Casey & Ratcliff, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

RENFREW, District Judge.

This is yet another action brought under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. Plaintiff, a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is to inform the citizens of the United States of the incidental killing of dolphins by the purse seine nets used by tuna fishing boats, seeks a copy of a motion picture film made by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a part of defendant United States...

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