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SHAW v. F.B.I.

No. 84-5084.

749 F.2d 58 (1984)

J. Gary SHAW v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miriam M. Nisbet, Washington, D.C., of the Bar of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, pro hac vice by special leave of the Court, with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

James H. Lesar, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before WILKEY, WALD and SCALIA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's refusal to disclose, in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982) ("FOIA"), ten photographs it had obtained from a non-federal law enforcement agency. The FBI justified the withholding under FOIA Exemption 7(D), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(D). The case raises issues of...

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