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WEISSMAN v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

No. 76-1566.

565 F.2d 692 (1977)

Gary A. WEISSMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1977.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing April 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Frank A. Rosenfeld, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Pittsburgh, Pa., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, 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.

Michael H. Stein, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before McGOWAN and TAMM, Circuit Judges and GESELL, United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Opinion for the Court filed by District Judge GESELL.

GESELL, District Judge:

This is an appeal arising under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 et seq. Appellant Weissman challenges an order of the District Court granting summary judgment in favor of the Central Intelligence Agency which refused to turn over certain documentary material to Weissman claiming that disclosure was not required because of three exemptions found in...

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