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The plaintiff, the consumer organization, sought an action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the National Regulatory Commission (NRC). The plaintiff sought to have documents that were voluntarily given to the NRC by defender, the intervenor nuclear industry association. Consequently, NRC filed for dismissal of the case by invoking FOIA’s Exemption 4, 5 U.S.C.S. § 552(b)(4) in justifying its refusal to comply with the request presented