PAISLEY v. C.I.A.

No. 82-1799.

712 F.2d 686 (1983)

Maryann PAISLEY, Appellant, v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Glitzenstein, with whom Alan B. Morrison and Cornish F. Hitchcock, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant. Katherine A. Meyer, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellant.

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., and Royce C. Lamberth, John O. Birch, and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

In this action arising under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA or Act),1 appellant Maryann Paisley seeks information from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning the 1978 shooting death of her husband, a former CIA official. These agencies refuse to release 58 documents that are...

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