NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Civ. A. Nos. 85-1413, 85-1467.

612 F.Supp. 1143 (1985)

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC., Plaintiff, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Vladeck, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Molly Paulker, National Broadcasting Corp. and Dennis A. Adelson of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff National Broadcasting Corp.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Barbara Gorden and Harriet Kerwin, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


ORDER

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

These consolidated actions come before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment. Plaintiffs NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ("NAACP") and the National Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. ("NBC") had individually filed suit against the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Since both suits involved requests for the same information, the...

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