BAKER v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

No. 77-1228.

580 F.2d 664 (1978)

Maurice E. BAKER et al., Appellants, v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion Edwyn Harrison, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

John F. Cordes, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by TAMM, Circuit Judge.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the granting of summary judgment for the appellee Central Intelligence Agency in a suit brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976). For the reasons stated below, we affirm the district court's decision that the documents requested by appellants were properly withheld...

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