FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, WASH. D.C. v. SMITH

No. 83-1049.

721 F.2d 828 (1983)

The FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF WASHINGTON, D.C., INC., Appellant, v. William French SMITH, Attorney General of the United States, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Seefried, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Nathan Dodell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence, Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Attys., and Robert M. Burnham, Atty., F.B.I., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDWARDS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Founding Church of Scientology appeals the District Court's grant of summary judgment upholding a refusal by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to disclose certain document portions under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982). The issue on appeal is whether the FBI properly invoked FOIA exemption 7(D) with respect to certain documents, and exemption 2 with respect to...

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