JOHN DOE CORP. v. JOHN DOE AGENCY

No. 1238, Docket 88-6098.

850 F.2d 105 (1988)

JOHN DOE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN DOE AGENCY and John Doe Government Agency, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Eisenberg, Washington, D.C. (John T. Boese, Mira N. Marshall, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles E. Knapp, Asst. U.S. Atty., for E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., for E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., Robert L. Begleiter, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, MESKILL and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This expedited appeal, based on sealed papers, concerns the scope of certain exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982 & Supp. IV 1986) ("FOIA"). Judge Mishler held that defendants John Doe Agency ("Agency") and John Doe Government Agency ("Government Agency") were not required under the FOIA to turn over certain Agency documents, a Vaughn index and answers to interrogatories. He ruled that disclosure...

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