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United States Ninth Circuit


Carlson v. US Postal Serv., 05-16159

In an action brought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking public disclosure of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, regular business hours and final collection times for outgoing mail for every United States post office, a determination that the records sought were exempt from FOIA disclosure is reversed as, contrary to the finding below, the requested records are not "information of a commercial nature."

Appellate Information

  • Decided 10/15/2007
  • Published 10/15/2007

Judges

  • LEAVY, Circuit Judge:, Before:  JEROME FARRIS, ROBERT BOOCHEVER, and EDWARD LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Douglas F. Carlson, Pro Se, San Francisco, CA, plaintiff-appellant.

  • For Appellees:
  • Leonard Schaitman and Anthony A. Yang, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.
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