CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CAL. v. I.R.S.

No. 83-1856.

792 F.2d 146 (1986)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1986.

As Amended May 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Seefried, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Richard Wyndon Perkins, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael L. Paup and Stephen Gray, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT and SCALIA, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of the efforts of the Church of Scientology of California to obtain documents from the Internal Revenue Service under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982) ("FOIA"). It requires us to review the District Court's grant of summary judgment to the IRS on the adequacy of its response to the Church's FOIA request. To do so we must consider, among...

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