STRASSMANN v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 84-2360.

792 F.2d 1267 (1986)

Mark STRASSMANN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and David Faber, United States Attorney, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Baitty (Rudolph L. Di Trapano; Di Trapano & Jackson, on brief) for appellant.

Harold J. Krent (Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David Faber, U.S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman, Christine R. Whittaker, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, on brief), for appellees.

Before WIDENER and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting summary judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff, Mark Strassman, a television reporter, brought this action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel the government to disclose an alleged communication between counsel for former (and presently) Governor Moore of West Virginia and the United States Attorney's office...

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