VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA v. DEPARTMENT OF NAVY

No. 88-5347.

876 F.2d 164 (1989)

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF the NAVY, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1989.

Issued for Publication June 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald S. Flagg, with whom Donald H. Smith, David F. Addlestone and Barton F. Stichman, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mark E. Nagle, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before MIKVA, EDWARDS and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

The Vietnam Veterans of America and the Veterans Education Project, Inc. brought suit to gain access under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") to legal opinions issued by the Judge Advocate Generals of the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Army. The Army and Navy have released opinions dealing with subject areas over which the

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