FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOV. v. NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Nos. 79-2047, 79-2084.

656 F.2d 856 (1981)

FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, Appellant, v. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1981.

As Amended July 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andra N. Oakes, Washington, D. C., with whom William A. Dobrovir and Erwin Chemerinsky, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Daniel J. Metcalfe, Atty., Dept. of Justice, 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 appellee.

Before McGOWAN and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and GASCH, United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by District Judge GASCH.

GASCH, District Judge:

This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)1 case presents questions of the scope and applicability of FOIA Exemption 7(C)2 and Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(e), pertaining to grand jury secrecy, in conjunction with FOIA Exemption 3.3 It also presents a question regarding the meaning of the requirement that a party...

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