RYAN v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 78-1040.

595 F.2d 954 (1979)

David RYAN, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. Wolin, Mineola, N. Y. (Jack B. Solerwitz, Mineola, N. Y., on brief), for appellant.

Elsie L. Munsell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.


FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

David Ryan has appealed from an order of the district court awarding summary judgment in favor of the United States Department of Justice in an action brought by Ryan under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, to obtain access to a certain memorandum concerning him, as well as damages for the Department's wilful disclosure of the contents of the document to a third party...

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