PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 81-1605.

677 F.2d 931 (1982)

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. McReynolds, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the briefs were filed and Leonard Schaitman, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellants.

Joe R. Reeder, Washington, D. C., with whom Timothy J. May, Robert H. Koehler and Claudia L. Deering, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Doris Peterson, New York City, and Charles N. Mason, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for amici curiae, Center for Constitutional Right, et al. urging affirmance.

Jack C. Landau, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for amici curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. urging affirmance.

Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBB, Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976 & Supp. IV 1980), by Playboy Enterprises, Inc. against the Department of Justice. Playboy seeks to compel disclosure of a report prepared by the Department's Office of Professional Responsibility. The report relates to the activities of one Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., an FBI informant, and the treatment of...

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