United States Ninth Circuit

The FOIA entitles plaintiff to copies of the originals of its own Line Check Sheets, retained by defendant; due to the FOIA's "trade secrets" exemption, plaintiff is not entitled to copies of its competitors' Line Check Sheets. Defendant must submit additional material supporting the view that its investigative reports fall within the FOIA's "law enforcement" exemption.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2003
• Decided 01/15/2004
• Published 01/15/2004

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge., Before TASHIMA, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian C. Leighton, Clovis, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda M. Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, Fresno, CA, for the defendant-appellee.