CURRAN v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 86-1890.

813 F.2d 473 (1987)

William J. CURRAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lesar, with whom Fensterwald & Alcorn, P.C., Washington, D.C., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

John P. Schnitker, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Robert S. Mueller, III, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., and Leonard Schaitman, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

William J. Curran, plaintiff-appellant, complains of the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the government in this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The district court's decision is reported at 640 F.Supp. 153 (D.Mass.1986) (Curran I). We affirm.

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