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SIMS v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Nos. 79-2203, 79-2554.

642 F.2d 562 (1980)

John Cary SIMS et al. v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Kimmel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., and Robert E. Kopp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Paul Alan Levy, Washington, D. C., with whom David C. Vladeck and Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, MIKVA, Circuit Judge, and MARKEY, Chief Judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by Chief Judge MARKEY.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge:

This appeal presents two issues concerning the obligations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).1 In response to a citizen request for the names of persons and institutions who conducted scientific and behavioral research under...

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