Case Name: INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD, et al
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1983-08-05
Citations: 712 F.2d 1495
Docket Number: No. 82-2014
Parties: INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD, et al.
Judges: Before WALD, GINSBURG and SCA-LIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 712
Pages: 1495–1497

Head Matter:
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD, et al.
No. 82-2014.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued April 21, 1983.
Decided Aug. 5, 1983.
Roland P. Wilder, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Robert M. Baptiste and Joseph E. Santucci, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.
Herbert Prashker, New York City, of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Peyton H. Moss, New York City, was on brief, for appellee, Trans World Airlines, Inc. Mary A. Sheehan, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.
Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept, of Justice, entered, Washington, D.C., an appearance for appellee, Nat. Mediation Bd.
Before WALD, GINSBURG and SCA-LIA, Circuit Judges.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

Opinion:
SCALIA, Circuit Judge:
Pursuant to the District Court's May 29, 1981 declaratory order in United States v. Trans World Airlines, No. 81-784 (D.D.C. May 29,1981), intervenor Trans World Airlines ("TWA") furnished the National Mediation Board ("the Board") with "peel-off" gummed labels bearing the names and addresses of TWA employees eligible to vote in the then upcoming representation election. While the labels were in the possession of the Board, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters ("the Union") filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976), for the names and addresses on the labels. The Board denied that request and the Union brought suit in district court, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B), to. enjoin the withholding. The Union appeals the District Court's denial of its motion for summary judgment and the simultaneous dismissal of its complaint.
We find that the District Court reasonably interpreted its own May 29,1981 order as envisioning use of the labels for attachment to ballot envelopes to be posted in connection with the election, and as precluding other use. International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Mediation Board, No. 81-1648, slip. op. at 15 (D.D.C. July 30,1982), Jt.App. at 471. The District Court then properly concluded that the Board's transitory possession of the labels, limited to the one-time, attach-and-post use required by the court order, did not constitute "control" of the labels by the Board, and that the labels were therefore not "agency records" subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. See Goland v. CIA, 607 F.2d 339, 347-48 (D.C. Cir.1978).
Affirmed.