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HALPERIN v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

No. 76-1528.

565 F.2d 699 (1977)

Morton H. HALPERIN v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin Goldbloom, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman, Karen K. Siegel, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Monroe Leigh, Legal Advisor, Dept. of State, were on the brief, for appellants. Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Morton H. Halperin, appellee pro se, with whom John H. F. Shattuck, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, McGOWAN and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by McGOWAN, Circuit Judge.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellee in this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case seeks to compel disclosure of deleted portions of the transcript of a so-called "background" press conference held by former Secretary of State Kissinger on December 3, 1974. Appellants assert that the disputed material was properly classified pursuant to an Executive order, and therefore...

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