Federal Trade Commission v. Warner Communications Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “the issue in this action for preliminary 6 relief is a narrow one”
• taking note of availability or unavailability of comparable evidence from other sources as factor in deciding whether deliberative process privilege should be overcome
• shielding federal agency memoranda which “conflict[ed] with the [plaintiff] Commission’s litigation position” where “defendants [] presented no evidence of bad faith or misconduct on the part of the Commission”
• “A denial of a preliminary injunction would preclude effective relief if the Commission ultimately prevails and divestiture is ordered.”
• “The ultimate purpose of the privilege is 5 to protect the quality of agency decisions.”
• “It chills frank discussion 25 and deliberation in the future among those responsible for making governmental decisions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).