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BEVIS v. DEPT. OF STATE

Nos. 85-5892, 85-5893.

801 F.2d 1386 (1986)

Penny BEVIS, et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al. Jay PETERZELL, et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan W. Shaffer, Washington, D.C., with whom Mark H. Lynch was on brief, for appellants.

John P. Schnitker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Washington, D.C., Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for appellees.

Before EDWARDS, GINSBURG and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Penny Bevis and Jay Peterzell seek release, under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), of materials in the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") files relating primarily to the 1981 murder in El Salvador of two Americans working for the American Institute for Free Labor Development ("AIFLD"). These materials were accumulated in the course of an investigation conducted...

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