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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASS'N v. ODOM

No. 86-5337.

818 F.2d 81 (1987)

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al., Appellants, v. William ODOM, Director, National Security Agency.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Lynch, with whom Charles Lister, Robert A. Green and Susan W. Shaffer, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Douglas Letter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. and Leonard Schaitman, Asst. Branch Director, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Jane E. Kirtley and Elaine P. English, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, urging the reversal of the Dist. Court decision.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

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

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns public access to documents collected by one of the world's preeminent cryptologists; the thirty-three documents in question are part of a massive collection housed in a library maintained by a private foundation. Plaintiffs, a researcher and several library, historical research, and national security affairs associations,

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