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ABRAMSON v. FEDERAL BUR. OF INVESTIGATION

No. 79-2500.

658 F.2d 806 (1980)

Howard S. ABRAMSON, Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon T. Nelson, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Howard S. Scher, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty. and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and MIKVA and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises an issue concerning the obligation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to furnish information pursuant to a citizen request made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).1 During the period from 1969 through 1974, during the incumbency of former President Nixon, the FBI transmitted documents pertaining...

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