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WEISBERG v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Nos. 82-1229, 82-1274, 83-1722 and 83-1764.

745 F.2d 1476 (1984)

Harold WEISBERG v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellant. (Two cases). Harold WEISBERG, Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (Two cases).

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lesar, Washington, D.C., for Weisberg, appellant in Nos. 82-1274 and 83-1764 and cross appellee in Nos. 82-1229 and 83-1722.

John S. Koppel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for U.S. Dept. of Justice, appellee in Nos. 82-1274 and 83-1764 and cross appellant in Nos. 82-1229 and 83-1722.

John M. Rogers and Marilyn S.G. Urwitz, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for U.S. Dept. of Justice.

Before MIKVA, BORK and STARR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

This Freedom of Information Act suit concerns a nine-year quest for information from the Department of Justice ("the Department" or "DOJ") and its various components with respect to the investigation of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In these cross-appeals, the parties challenge various orders of the District Court. Appellant and cross-appellee Harold Weisberg

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