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DIAMOND v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

No. 79 Civ. 3770 (RLC).

532 F.Supp. 216 (1981)

Sigmund DIAMOND, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, William Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Griffin Bell, Attorney General of the United States, United States Department of State, and Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

August 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Case, Stephen M. Diamond, New York City, for plaintiff; Dorothea W. Regal, New York City, of counsel.

John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for defendants; Jane E. Bloom, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

This is an action pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("Act" or "FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976), and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a (1976), to compel disclosure of materials in possession of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and the United States Department of State. The plaintiff, Sigmund Diamond, a professor of Sociology and History at Columbia University, has been seeking documents...

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