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FORSYTH v. KLEINDIENST

Nos. 78-1611, 78-1847.

599 F.2d 1203 (1979)

Keith FORSYTH, Appellee, v. Richard G. KLEINDIENST, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States, L. Patrick Gray, 3rd, Individually and as Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John N. Mitchell, Individually and as former Attorney General of the United States, John Doe and Richard Roe, Albert Cooper and David Porter. Appeal of John N. MITCHELL, E. Davis Porter, and Albert Cooper. Katherine W. BURKHART, Judith Chomsky, Eva Gold, Dina Portnoy, Candy Putter, Joshua (Josh) Markel, Appellees, v. William SAXBE, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States, Clarence Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John N. Mitchell, Individually and as former Attorney General of the United States, John Doe, and Richard Roe, Appeal of John N. MITCHELL, Clarence Kelley, and William Saxbe.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rudovsky (argued), Kairys, Rudovsky & Maguigan, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Larry L. Gregg (argued), Gordon W. Daiger, Robert E. Kopp, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Before HUNTER and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is a consolidation of two related actions before different district court judges in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.1 The actions involve identical issues, virtually identical defendants and have overlapping records. The defendants, former Attorneys General of the United States, a former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and agents of the Federal...

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