CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 79-3655.

633 F.2d 1327 (1980)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Leigh Weissman, Weissman & Weinstein, P. C., Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan L. Ferber, Washington, D. C., argued, for defendants-appellees; Leonard Schaitman, Alan L. Ferber, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief.

Before WRIGHT and TANG, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, District Judge.


TANG, Circuit Judge:

Church of Scientology (the Church) appeals from the district court's refusal to order the United States Postal Service to comply with the Church's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The district court decision came after this court remanded the case for consideration of the effect of the 1976 FOIA amendments on the Postal Service's claimed exemption.1 The Church contends...

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