REPORTERS COMMITTEE v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Nos. 85-6020, 85-6144.

816 F.2d 730 (1987)

The REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF the PRESS, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria Louise Radd, with whom Kevin T. Baine, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellants.

John F. Daly, Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellees.

Douglas Letter, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellees in No. 85-6020.

Before STARR and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a summary judgment entered by the district court dismissing a suit brought by Robert Schakne, a CBS News correspondent, and The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press ("Reporters"), an association of journalists, under the Freedom of Information Act (...

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