WEISBERG v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 75-2021.

543 F.2d 308 (1976)

Harold WEISBERG, Appellant, v. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lesar, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Michael H. Stein, 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 ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges and JAMESON, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Montana.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Following our decision en banc in Weisberg v. Department of Justice1 the Freedom of Information Act was amended2 to facilitate access to certain investigatory files, those previously falling within Exemption 7. Plaintiff Weisberg accordingly renewed his request for scientific investigatory data compiled after the assassination of President Kennedy and the wounding of Governor Connally...

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