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PUBLIC LAW EDUC. INST. v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 83-1315.

744 F.2d 181 (1984)

PUBLIC LAW EDUCATION INSTITUTE, Appellant v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Parker, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Barbara L. Gordon, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed and Leland Ware, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BORK and STARR, Circuit Judges and JAMES E. DOYLE, Senior District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of attorney's fees stems from an action brought by the Public Law Education Institute (PLEI) against the United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Justice Department) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976). The action sought to compel the disclosure of certain documents with respect to Justice Department guidelines governing...

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