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BLOCK v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 83-0672.

583 F.Supp. 1288 (1984)

Mitchell BLOCK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William French SMITH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan W. Shaffer, Charles S. Sims and Burt Neuborne of the American Civil Liberties Foundation, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N.Y., Daniel Berger, Marcia Cleveland, Lawrence S. Kahn and James Periconi, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York City, for plaintiff State of N.Y.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., at the time briefs were filed, Surell Brady, David J. Anderson, Harriet Kerwin and Frederick Close, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs in this case are distributors and potential exhibitors of three films produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFBC). They challenge the United States Department of Justice's application of certain provisions of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), 22 U.S.C. §§ 611-618 (1983), to these films. To fully understand the nature of...

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