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RUSHFORD v. CIVILETTI

Civ. A. No. 79-1424.

485 F.Supp. 477 (1980)

Gregory Gene RUSHFORD, Plaintiff, v. Benjamin CIVILETTI et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia, Civil Division.

February 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Topping, Jr., Topping & Sherer, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

R. John Seibert, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, in which plaintiff seeks the release of files the Department of Justice maintains on allegations that federal judges may have engaged in criminal or other misconduct. The Department has agreed to release files on deceased judges, but it invokes Exemptions 6 and 7(C) of the Act insofar as the request concerns living judges. Presently pending...

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