PHILLIPPI v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

No. 76-1004.

546 F.2d 1009 (1976)

Harriet Ann PHILLIPPI, Appellant, v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY and George H. Bush, Director, Central Intelligence Agency.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1976.

As Amended November 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Lynch, Washington, D. C., with whom Larry P. Ellsworth and Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

David M. Cohen, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, District Judge.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1970), as amended (Supp. V 1975), in which plaintiff-appellant seeks to compel the Central Intelligence Agency to disclose certain records alleged to be in its possession concerning its relationship with the Hughes...

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