FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, ETC. v. NAT. SEC. AGCY.

No. 77-1975.

610 F.2d 824 (1979)

The FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF WASHINGTON, D. C., INC., Appellant, v. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Dobrovir, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Michael F. Hertz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Kopp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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


Opinion for the Court filed by SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc., the appellant, complained in the District Court of the refusal of the National Security Agency (NSA), the appellee, to release documents requested by appellant under the Freedom of Information Act.1 The court, relying upon an affidavit submitted by the...

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