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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMM'N v. GTE SYLVANIA

No. 79-521.

447 U.S. 102 (1980)

100 S.Ct. 2051

64 L.Ed.2d 766

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION ET AL. v. GTE SYLVANIA, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Buscemi argued the cause pro hac vice for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Daniel, Deputy Solicitor General Geller, Leonard Schaitman, Mark N. Mutterperl, and Andrew S. Krulwich.

Bernard G. Segal argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Charles C. Hileman III, Ira P. Tiger, Deena Jo Schneider, Robert W. Steele, Alan M. Grimaldi, Harry L. Shniderman, H. James Conaway, Jr., Januar D. Bove, Jr., Stephen B. Clarkson, Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Ira M. Millstein, Peter Gartland, David Fleischer, Burton Y. Weitzenfeld, Michael A. Stiegel, William F. Patten, and H. Woodruff Turner.*

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether § 6 (b) (1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U. S. C. § 2055 (b) (1), governs the disclosure of records by the Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to a request under the Freedom of Information Act. We granted certiorari to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit because of the importance of the question and because of a conflict...

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