United States Tenth Circuit

The "trade secret" exemption, to the Freedom of Information Act's general requirement that the federal government release information to the public, will bar a request to the FAA for plans and specifications regarding an antique aircraft.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/24/2002
• Published 07/24/2002

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Pangia (Joseph F. Moore, Jr., Moore & Myers, Jackson, WY, with him on the briefs), Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David Kubichek, Assistant United States Attorney (John R. Green, Interim United States Attorney, Nicholas Vassallo, Assistant United States Attorney, Cheyenne, WY, on the brief), Casper, WY, for Defendant-Appellee., Emily M. Yinger and N. Thomas Connally, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., McLean, VA, filed an amicus brief on behalf of The Fairchild Corporation in support of Defendant-Appellee.