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SPANNAUS v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 86-1557.

813 F.2d 1285 (1987)

Edward SPANNAUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Fensterwald, III (Fensterwald, Alcorn & Bowman, P.C., Arlington, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

John Peter Schnitker, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice (Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry E. Hudson, U.S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman, Washington, D.C., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

HENDERSON, District Judge:

Edward Spannaus appeals from a district court order granting summary judgment to the United States Department of Justice ("the Government") in a suit brought by Spannaus to obtain information from Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") files under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982 & Supp. III 1985). Because we conclude there is an adequate factual basis for the district court's determination and the...

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