COASTAL STATES GAS CORPORATION, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Appellant

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• noting that Rule 54(b) does not affect the appealability of orders granting injunctions
• requiring, under supervisory powers, district courts to state explicitly the legal basis and findings that are necessary to show that documents are exempt or disclosable under the Freedom of Information Act
• Courts’ equitable powers under the FOIA should not be used against an agency which makes a good faith mistake
• “A Vaughn index is a procedural tool developed in Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820, 826–28 (D.C. Cir. 1973), . . . to enable a district court to evaluate allegations of exemption advanced by a governmental agency, and to assure that claimed exemptions are justified under [FOIA].”

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