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SENATE OF PUERTO RICO v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 86-5257.

823 F.2d 574 (1987)

SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO on Behalf of JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Braga, with whom Herbert J. Miller, Jr. and Raymond G. Larroca, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Robert E.L. Eaton, Jr., 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 appellees.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG, BUCKLEY and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges several rulings made by the district court in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case. The requesting party is the Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the agency addressed is the Department of Justice (DOJ). Several years ago, the Senate of Puerto Rico launched an investigation into possible official complicity in a 1978 politically...

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