United States DC Circuit

The district court's decision, ordering the release of Naval officer selection board members from their oath of non-disclosure, is reversed on grounds that the federal statute, 10 U.S.C. section 618(f), establishing the procedures for selection boards bars such a disclosure.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/22/2004
• Decided 07/27/2004
• Published 07/27/2004

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and GARLAND and ROBERTS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert M. Loeb, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for petitioners/appellants.   With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Marleigh D. Dover, Attorney.


• For Appellees:
  
• Arthur A. Schulcz, Sr. argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents/appellees.