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CONOCO, INC. v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Civ. A. Nos. 80-418, 80-515.

521 F.Supp. 1301 (1981)

CONOCO, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. CONOCO, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

September 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Crompton, Jr. and Richard E. Poole of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., Donald B. Craven, Mark L. Evans, Robert K. Huffman and James P. Tuite of Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D. C., and David M. Francis, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

James W. Garvin, Jr., U. S. Atty., Peggy L. Ableman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., John C. Keeney, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Lawrence Lippe, Benjamin C. Flannagan, IV and Daniel Friedman, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States Dept. of Justice.

James W. Garvin, Jr., U. S. Atty., Peggy L. Ableman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Larry P. Ellsworth and S. Lamont Bossard, Jr., U. S. Dept. of Energy, Paul M. Geier and William L. Fang, Washington, D. C., for defendant United States Dept. of Energy.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

This case raises issues concerning the scope of Exemptions Five and Seven to the general disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976). The Court has jurisdiction, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B), to make a de novo review of two agencies' decisions to withhold documents from plaintiff Conoco, Inc. ("Conoco").

Plaintiff Conoco filed written requests...

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