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PETERZELL v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Civ. A. No. 82-3077.

576 F.Supp. 1492 (1983)

Jay PETERZELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan W. Shaffer and Mark H. Lynch, Washington, D.C., American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, for plaintiffs.

Stanley Harris, U.S. Atty. Gen., Royce C. Lamberth, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Mark E. Nagle, Attorney-Advisor, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek access under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to documents provided to the Department of State by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and to requests for information by the Department of State concerning the murders of six Americans in El Salvador. Of the six victims, four women were Roman Catholic missionaries and two men worked for the American Institute for Free Labor Development...

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