SCHMERLER v. F.B.I.

Civ. A. No. 87-3101.

696 F.Supp. 717 (1988)

Gilbert R. SCHMERLER, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert R. Schmerler, pro se.

Philip J. Lindenmuth, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

GESELL, District Judge.

This Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, case, which comes before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment, illustrates the tension created under FOIA when the recognized need to protect the privacy and confidentiality of law enforcement sources conflicts with an obvious public interest in events which occurred many years ago that have become matters of considerable historical interest.

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