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WIGHTMAN v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS

No. 84-1233.

755 F.2d 979 (1985)

Robert George WIGHTMAN, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Wightman, Jr., pro se.

Joseph J. McGovern, Asst. U.S. Atty., and William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., on brief for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court granting summary judgment to the appellee, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF).

I. FACTS

The appellant, Robert G. Wightman, Jr., requested copies of certain BATF records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Under § 552(a)(3) of the Act, an agency must make their records available...

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