CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CAL., INC. v. TURNER

No. 80-1172.

662 F.2d 784 (1980)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, INC., Appellant v. Stansfield TURNER, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Seefried, Washington, D. C., with whom Earl C. Dudley, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

Marc Johnston, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Wendy N. Keats, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee.

Before McGOWAN and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and JOYCE HENS GREEN, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion PER CURIAM

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment by the District Court in favor of defendant Central Intelligence Agency and its director, Stansfield Turner, in an action challenging appellees' refusal to release all or portions of 25 documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The critical question presented to us on appeal is the sufficiency vel non of agency affidavits submitted as a Vaughn index...

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