DONOVAN v. F.B.I.

Nos. 1494, 1575, Dockets 86-6052, 86-6058.

806 F.2d 55 (1986)

Michael DONOVAN, William Ford, James Kazel, and Judy Keogh, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Freedman, New York City (Robert S. Smith, Jennifer B. Cohen), Paul, Weiss, Rivkind, Wharton & Garrison, Michael C. Posner, New York City (Diane Orentlicher), The Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights, for plaintiff-appellants, cross-appellees.

Steven E. Obus, New York City, Asst. U.S. Atty. for the S.D. of N.Y. (Rudolf W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., for the S.D. of N.Y., Gerald T. Ford, Asst. U.S. Atty. for the S.D. of New York), for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before PRATT and MINER, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 293(a) (1982).


RE, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which denied their motion for summary judgment under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and, after an in camera review, withheld disclosure of 15 of 23 documents. Defendant-appellee, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has cross-appealed as to 6 of the documents or parts of documents which were ordered...

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