CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, ETC. v. U. S. DEPT.

Nos. 78-1168, 78-1169.

611 F.2d 738 (1979)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, a nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY: Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the Army; U. S. Intelligence Agency; Major Aaron, Assistant Chief of Staff for Army Intelligence, Defendants-Appellees. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, a nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; Office of the Secretary of Defense; James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of the Department of Defense; United States Department of the Navy; J. Wm. Middendorf II, Secretary of the Navy; Naval Intelligence Command: Rear Admiral E. F. Rectanus, Director of Naval Intelligence, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing April 7, 1980.

Suggestion for Rehearing April 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Leigh Weissman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barbara L. Herwig, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, TRASK, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


As Modified.

Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc in No. 78-1169 Rejected April 7, 1980.

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Church of Scientology of California ("the Church") appeals in these cases, consolidated on appeal for oral argument and disposition, from judgments of the district court pertaining to certain documents requested of the defendants under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. The judgments upheld the actions...

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