PORTER, Judith R. and Porter, Gerald J., Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued August 4, 1983.
Decided September 15, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Raymond J. Bradley (argued), Brian P. Flaherty, H. Robert Fiebach, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.
Peter F. Vaira, Jr., U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard Schaitman, Douglas Letter (argued), Attys., Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees.
Cornish F. Hitchcock, Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Freedom of Information Clearinghouse.
Before GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and MANSMANN, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
Judith R. Porter and Gerald J. Porter of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the Department of Justice in their suit under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982), to compel disclosure of information about them in the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The trial court granted summary judgment on two grounds:...
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