DETTMANN v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 85-5728.

802 F.2d 1472 (1986)

Sonia DETTMANN, Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1986.

As Amended December 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Margaret A. Irving, Asst. U.S. Atty., 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 appellee.

Before BORK and STARR, Circuit Judges, and GESELL, District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

Dissenting Opinion filed by District Judge GESELL.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

Appeal is taken in this FOIA case from the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Government. The principal issue before us concerns the propriety of the FBI's treatment of the FOIA request submitted by appellant, Sonia Dettmann, as it related to documents concerning investigations of events, organizations...

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