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· 10/21/1977

Association for Women in Science v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Citations

  • 566 F.2d 339
  • 185 U.S. App. D.C. 19
  • 24 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 393
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11088

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that executive orders issued pursuant to § 7301 have the force of law
  • finding a qualified privilege provided by an executive order that stated “no information as to the contents thereof shall be disclosed except as the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission or the head of the agency concerned may determine for good cause shown.”
  • existence of FOIA exemption neither creates new privileges nor affects existing ones
  • existence of FOIA exemption neither creates new privileges nor effects existing ones

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Judges: Danaher, Tamm, Robinson

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