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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CAL. v. U.S. POSTAL SERV.

No. 76-1610.

593 F.2d 902 (1979)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Benjamin Bailer, Postmaster General, Postal Inspection Service, William J. Cotter, Chief Inspector, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry L. Weissman (argued), Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard Schaitman of Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Mark N. Mutterperl (argued), of Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before ELY and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.

ELY, Circuit Judge:

The Church of Scientology of California (the Church) appeals from a summary judgment entered against it and in favor of the United States Postal Service. The District Court upheld the refusal of the Postal Service to release to the Church a number of records assertedly gathered during the course of law enforcement investigations of the Church and its members.

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The Church filed its Freedom...

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