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NICHOLS v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-1238.

460 F.2d 671 (1972)

John NICHOLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. C. Slough, St. Marys, Kan. (Sam A. Crow and John E. Wilkinson, Topeka, Kan., with him on the brief), for appellant.

Barbara L. Herwig, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (L. Patrick Gray, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Roth, U.S. Atty., and Walter H. Fleischer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with her on the brief), for appellees.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and HOLLOWAY and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS, Chief Judge.

In this action brought under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, the appellant sought a court order requiring the appellees to produce certain items relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The appellant is a physician licensed to practice in the State of Kansas and is a professor of pathology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He wishes to study and examine photographs and X-rays taken at the autopsy...

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